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> how to make friends as a young person in a new city without an office? I emigrated from my home country around 4 years ago, and none of my friends are people
by toomanybeersies 6y ago
> how to make friends as a young person in a new city without an office?
I emigrated from my home country around 4 years ago, and none of my friends are people I've worked with. I'm not against it, but at my old job my coworkers were mostly 10+ years older, married and had children, so they had their own thing going on.
There's lots of ways to make new friends outside of work, depending on what floats your boat. You can go to industry meetups, join a sports club, take up a hobby, go to live music gigs etc. But to be honest, making friends is just one of those things that happens organically, from random encounters multiplied by time. After university, it takes a bit longer to make friends, since people generally have a well established social circle and spend less time socialising due to work and other responsibilities. It took me a year or two to find my feet and "build a network" of friends.