# Good sites to make local friends online? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 27, 2004, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-sites-to-make-local-friends-online/236685 "2004-03-27T04:12:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cheesepickles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/57b2e6/32.png) [@cheesepickles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cheesepickles)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-sites-to-make-local-friends-online/236685/1 "2004-03-27T04:12:41Z")
Socially, I feel like i’m kind of a rut lately. Several of my good friends have movied away or now have demanding jobs, leaving me with a bit of a gap in my social life. I’ve always had a good number of friends-it was just natural, they were just there. The friends that I have now don’t seem to be terribly interested in many things lately. It’s as if there is some sort of post-college slump…I don’t know. Anyhoo…i’d like to know of some good web sites to meet local people online. Not necessarily dating(though that is a plus) but more about meeting people with similar interests. Quiet, interesting people is somewhat an image I have in mind. I swear i feel a bit embarrased having to search for friends, but i’ve been feeling kind of like a recluse lately; not seeing friends too often, and when I do feeling very bored and unsatisfied (though they don’t seem to mind). I’d love to hear some recommendations for web sites or some suggestions on where to meet cool people otherwise-other than the straight dope, of course 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Abbie\_Carmichael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@Abbie\_Carmichael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abbie_Carmichael)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-sites-to-make-local-friends-online/236685/2 "2004-03-27T04:20:06Z")
[Friendster](http://www.friendster.com) ---
**Author:** ![Tamarin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@Tamarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamarin)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-sites-to-make-local-friends-online/236685/3 "2004-03-27T05:15:07Z")
When I first moved here I felt a lot like you do. I met lots of people by joining an e-mail group at Yahoo. You can go to [Yahoo Groups](http://groups.yahoo.com/) and search by country, state, region, or interest and see what you can find. The group I joined started having monthly coffee discussion meetings. I met my best friend and my husband through that group. ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2013, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-sites-to-make-local-friends-online/236685/5 "2013-02-20T14:16:01Z")
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