| I felt this way after losing my religion. Your situation is different for sure. But I joined a group workout gym with a local owner and a good community, it’s helped a lot with isolation. I’m in the process of joining a BNI and, being surrounded by people motivated enough to run their own small business, it’s helping a lot. I’m going to be meeting up with some folks who run a local hackerspace and do a weekly “coffee and code” - that seems promising and I’m hopeful it’ll help a lot. All of these have something in common: * A local business owner decided to start a BNI chapter and get a group of like minded individuals together to talk about business and share referrals * An employee at a gym was disappointed in how gyms operate and wanted to do better, so started a space to bring people together around their interests. * A smallish group of local hackers got together to create a shared space where they can geek out together If you look at that list of social groups and say “I only see spaces for old conservative men” and “there is a poverty of community life” - maybe start a space or group for people like you? Or find people who are already doing that. Unless someone creates that space and brings people in it’s not going to exist. Having the spaces OP listed isn’t mutually exclusive with the existence of any other social group. |