Ask HN: Where do people meet up socially at least once a week?
Board games is an easy one. Tend to get a lot of repeats for those. I just started going to a new group myself that&#x27;s meeting once every other weekend, and several of the same people are signed up for the next one. I went to one hosted by a library for a while, and they had like 5 people that showed up to pretty much every single one.<p>I&#x27;m also a member of a local writer&#x27;s group and a lot of the same people have been in that group for over a decade at this point. Got to know quite a few people from there. I&#x27;ve been bad about going lately though (speaking of which, I need to start showing up again).<p>One of the local meetup groups (for &#x27;Millenials&#x27;) hosts various things that has some of the same people show up a lot. Not everyone, and not to every meetup but quite a few repeats.<p>In fact, Meetup in general tends to have the same people show up to different meetup groups. At that board game meetup I went to for the first time, I ran into three people who I&#x27;ve known at meetups for other meetup groups. I try out several meetup groups (including those hiking groups you dismissed) so I&#x27;m also one of those people.<p>At one point I admin&#x27;ed a geeky meetup group, and got to know quite a few people from that, several of which I&#x27;ve since been to private gatherings, weddings, baby showers, funerals, since, so pretty close. I didn&#x27;t start hosting it, I offered to keep it going after the original admin moved away.<p>I like to design games too, and got to know several people by showing up to small conventions multiple times, playing their game designs, inviting people at those conventions who live nearby to playtest nights that I host, etc. Doesn&#x27;t have to be designing games, just insert a different hobby where people would like to show off their talents and appreciate feedback or small favors and try to give back in return.<p>There&#x27;s several people I&#x27;ve gotten to know in some smaller Discord groups just over time. You kind of have to stick around and interact long enough that you become one of the regulars, even if you start as a random.