I’ve been very fortunate to have been adopted by a group of locals AND have found a handful of other one-off friends by aggressively joining hobby groups and trying to identify people who seem fun and interesting. Many are English, but some are not. I’ve found that people who have lived abroad previously are particularly welcoming, as are ND folks and people who are sort of quirky in general. I’ve only been here a couple of years, so I haven’t made the equivalent of my super-special-bestest-friends-from-childhood, but I’m really happy with my social circle right now.
I’ve been very fortunate to have been adopted by a group of locals AND have found a handful of other one-off friends by aggressively joining hobby groups and trying to identify people who seem fun and interesting. Many are English, but some are not. I’ve found that people who have lived abroad previously are particularly welcoming, as are ND folks and people who are sort of quirky in general. I’ve only been here a couple of years, so I haven’t made the equivalent of my super-special-bestest-friends-from-childhood, but I’m really happy with my social circle right now.