> I tried to meet new people at hobbies and dance lessons, but guess what - they're all full of lonely developers and other socially awkward people - short guys

> I tried to meet new people at hobbies and dance lessons, but guess what - they're all full of lonely developers and other socially awkward people - short guys looking for girlfriends, unattractive/aging women looking for husbands, etc. I’m going to assume positive intent here: what you probably mean is that most people who do this have other agendas/goals and you want to meet someone genuine who wants to have some fun. Moving to a big city would be a good option. You’ll find regular people who are still single and like to have fun. I would encourage checking out local arts. Live music, theater etc Join a trendy gym craze. Idk what’s in these days but CrossFit/orange theory etc make it a point to build community around them. Gives you a chance to hang out with normies. You end up seeing the same people a few times which makes it a lot less awkward to say “hey let’s hangout sometime”.