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- 5 min readPhoenix metro
Dating in Phoenix in summer
From June through September the city closes its most popular trails from 8am to 5pm. Here is what actually works in the four months when every default plan is a bad one.
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 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 readWest Hollywood
A sober night out in West Hollywood
The neighborhood is organized around bars, which is a problem if you are not drinking. It is a smaller problem than it looks.
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