Once I moved from the suburbs in MS to Seattle, I realized how many more friends I could make randomly. Our first night in the city we met someone and exchanged phone numbers. We’ve met a handful of people by just walking to the dog park too! Living in the city has done wonders for my mental health.
This is such a dream for me. Living in suburban hell has definitely impacted my mental health and overall health negatively.
Suburbs can be good depending on your neighborhood/community. It's also not impossible to meet people, you might just have to find more group hobbies like sports/climbing/book clubs/dnd groups/etc...
It really depends but as a non-cis poc, I'd rather not take my chances after seeing some of the flags that my neighbors hang
Ooof that's valid. Do you have a local community garden or theatre group? There will be supportive people hiding out in your community somewhere and I feel like those two things attract some fun, kind people.
I haven't looked into it because I wasn't able to find anything on Facebook and I stopped using that site already. Also, It's so car-centric in our area that it takes a 25 minute walk to get to the nearest bus stop. I can't even drive but I'm currently studying our state's driving laws. I'm fairly new to the area and I'm not accustomed to American socialization
That's a really rough spot to be in 😕 I hope you can find a sense of community and can pass your drivers course quickly.
That’s pretty wild, because it’s notoriously introverted up here and kind of a difficult city in which to make friends — for that still be better than the burbs is interesting to hear.
That’s pretty wild, because it’s notoriously introverted up here and kind of a difficult city in which to make friends — for that still be better than the burbs is interesting to hear.
It’s really not that introverted in the right crowds. I go to bars/breweries a lot. I also have a dog, and it’s really easy talking to people with her when going to dog parks/bars.
Once I moved from the suburbs in MS to Seattle, I realized how many more friends I could make randomly. Our first night in the city we met someone and exchanged phone numbers. We’ve met a handful of people by just walking to the dog park too! Living in the city has done wonders for my mental health.
This is such a dream for me. Living in suburban hell has definitely impacted my mental health and overall health negatively.
Suburbs can be good depending on your neighborhood/community. It's also not impossible to meet people, you might just have to find more group hobbies like sports/climbing/book clubs/dnd groups/etc...
It really depends but as a non-cis poc, I'd rather not take my chances after seeing some of the flags that my neighbors hang
Ooof that's valid. Do you have a local community garden or theatre group? There will be supportive people hiding out in your community somewhere and I feel like those two things attract some fun, kind people.
I haven't looked into it because I wasn't able to find anything on Facebook and I stopped using that site already. Also, It's so car-centric in our area that it takes a 25 minute walk to get to the nearest bus stop. I can't even drive but I'm currently studying our state's driving laws. I'm fairly new to the area and I'm not accustomed to American socialization
That's a really rough spot to be in 😕 I hope you can find a sense of community and can pass your drivers course quickly.
That’s pretty wild, because it’s notoriously introverted up here and kind of a difficult city in which to make friends — for that still be better than the burbs is interesting to hear.
That’s pretty wild, because it’s notoriously introverted up here and kind of a difficult city in which to make friends — for that still be better than the burbs is interesting to hear.
It’s really not that introverted in the right crowds. I go to bars/breweries a lot. I also have a dog, and it’s really easy talking to people with her when going to dog parks/bars.