In the Bay Area there are tons of fascinating people. I met more such in my first 2 weeks there than in two years of living in some other places. Being new to

In the Bay Area there are tons of fascinating people. I met more such in my first 2 weeks there than in two years of living in some other places. Being new to a place may be hard. But in the Bay Area you can find a http://www.meetup.com/ http://www.meetup.com/ for many, many topics (choose topics you genuinely enjoy); it may be a great place to start. Being an introvert myself (though one who have learnt to start conversations) having some topic to start (like Meetup's main theme, or the last talk topic) is great. Lack of car in US may be a hard thing... but: you have Caltrain & as of now it may be more cool (and healthy) to be more bike-oriented (at least, in the Bay Area).