&gt; Meet people through work.<p>yes but not only. It is a dangerous trap to rely on your colleagues for a social life. First they&#x27;ll always have to be your colleagues, second they&#x27;re probably the same kind of people as you (where&#x27;s the diversity), ...<p>&gt; You have to kinda treat this a bit like dating<p>Completely agree with that. And as I said in another comment, looking for friends is kind of looking for a girlfriend.<p>&gt; Couchsurfing<p>That&#x27;s actually a good idea, they regularly meet up. I&#x27;ve heard bad things about reddit meet up so I&#x27;ve never tried but why not?<p>&gt; Become a regular at a bar or a cafe.<p>I don&#x27;t really understand this advice but why not. Become part of your neighborhood is maybe what you wanted to say?<p>&gt; When you go to events with existing friends, make sure you get to know the people they bring along<p>That&#x27;s super important. Because you tend to stick with your friends where you have the opportunity of making other good friends as well<p>&gt; There&#x27;s a much higher chance of liking a friend-of-a-friend rather than a random stranger.<p>Same for dating<p>&gt; Send social signals about the kind of person you are<p>Odd. I would rather not and listen to what interesting things people have to say. You don&#x27;t always have an obvious common thing.<p>&gt; or every night or day you socialise, you probably won&#x27;t meet anyone interesting about 80% of the time.<p>A friend of mine used to say (he was talking about girls but it works as well). If you meet a person and she&#x27;s not the right one, don&#x27;t discard her, the right one might still be one of her friends.<p>The idea can be generalized as: people are not always the perfect fit, but you can still hang out with them and meet some cool people in the process.