Meeting people
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Dating when you just moved to a new city
The problem is not meeting people. It is that you have no third place yet, no standing commitments, and no idea which neighborhoods are actually near you.
Read - 5 min readDowntown Phoenix
Meeting people in downtown Phoenix and Roosevelt Row
A monthly street party that draws ten thousand people, an arcade bar that does the work for you, and the least car-dependent part of the Valley.
Read - 4 min readKoreatown
Meeting people in Koreatown
The nightlife is on the second and third floors of mini-malls, the parking is the worst in the city, and the subway just got much better. Three facts that decide everything else.
Read - 4 min readLong Beach
Meeting people in Long Beach
Three districts that are not walkable to each other, a single-screen cinema from 1924 with a wine bar next door, and why Long Beach is its own city for dating purposes.
Read - 4 min readNorth Park
Meeting people in North Park and South Park
The four corners everyone recommends are the worst block in the neighborhood on a Friday. Here is the rest of it, including a dance studio that solves the hardest problem in dating.
Read - 5 min readOakland
Meeting people in Oakland
Warmer and sunnier than San Francisco, easier to park in than anywhere else in the Bay Area, and home to a Sunday afternoon where showing up alone and not talking is the entire format.
Read - 4 min readSilver Lake & Echo Park
Meeting people in Silver Lake and Echo Park
Two districts that share a boulevard and nothing else. Where the walkable blocks actually are, the free Tuesday night that works better than any bar, and the Dodger problem.
Read - 4 min readThe Valley
Meeting people in Studio City and North Hollywood
One of these is a car district that reads as a walking district on a map. The other is the only place in the Valley where a car-free night genuinely works.
Read - 6 min readTempe & Scottsdale
Meeting people in Tempe and Old Town Scottsdale
One is a student street that empties for four months a year. The other has free parking, no rail, and the best free weekly date in the metro.
Read - 4 min readThe Mission
Meeting people in the Mission
The sunniest neighborhood in San Francisco, the best cross-town walk in the city, and the three specific blocks worth routing around.
Read - 4 min readSunset Strip
Meeting people on the Sunset Strip
The Strip is a mile and a half of famous rooms, most of them full of people who flew in. Here is how to use it if you actually live here.
Read - 6 min readWest Hollywood
Where to meet people in West Hollywood when you are tired of the apps
A practical look at the Rainbow District, the daytime options most people skip, and how to go out alone without it feeling like a chore.
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