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by thaumaturgy 5081 days ago
Shucks ... doesn't seem to be a way to see if there's any activity in my area without having to sign up first. I've seen grubwithus come up occasionally but never really checked them out.

Another good way to socialize after college is through meetup; meetup's got a pretty big network now, and there will be more clubs and groups in most areas than most people could reasonably hope to be active in. I just picked up a bunch of new climbing buddies out of Sacto that way and got back on the rock in Tahoe for the first time in years.
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ben1040 5081 days ago
>Shucks ... doesn't seem to be a way to see if there's any activity in my area without having to sign up first.

Yep. I signed up and after going through the signup workflow, I then found out there was nothing really going on in my neck of the woods.

And then I discovered that to delete my account (which I shouldn't have had to create in the first place) I had to email them. Maybe there was a self-service account deletion option that I couldn't see, but I didn't want to spend any more time hunting for it.

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sirrealle 5081 days ago
I always sign up for things like this with my spam account / info. If I really like the service, I just create a new account with real info if there's no easy way to delete the old account.
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chewxy 5081 days ago
Hey there,

I run Strangers for Dinner, which is like GrubWithUs, except we encourage you to host your own dinner party. We also don't do the groupon thingy that GWU does.

IMO, running your own dinner party is far more satisfying than meeting people for dinner/lunch. I mean, we've had 4 dinner parties in the 2 months we were running, and all 4 had been pretty dang amazing. The level of conversation, the depth, etc.

I personally find it difficult to connect with people, but in a small intimate setting like my house with 5 people, that is where I (and I suspect many others) are comfortable.

Give SfD a try: http://strangersfordinner.com

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