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Meet New Friends at Paint & Sip in Ikoyi
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The Best Way to Meet New People in Lagos Right Now

Meeting new people in Lagos shouldn’t rely on endless chatting and plans that never happen. Pulse Events flips the process by starting with a real plan, matching you into a small group, and helping you connect before you even arrive. The result is simple: people show up, conversations flow, and...

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Making Friends in Uptown: The Most Underrated Social Neighbourhood in Chicago

Uptown has the best music venues in Chicago, the Argyle night market, a beach and cheaper rent than anywhere else on the north lakefront. It is also the most socially mixed neighbourhood in the city.

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Independent shops and people walking on Clark Street in Andersonville, Chicago
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Making Friends in Andersonville: Chicago's Most Neighbourly Neighbourhood

Andersonville still has a real main street, independent shops where the owners know your name, and one of the friendliest queer communities in the Midwest. It is the easiest neighbourhood in Chicago to be adopted by.

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Making Friends in Hyde Park: Beyond the University Bubble

Hyde Park has free lectures, great bookshops and the friendliest stretch of lakefront in Chicago. It also has a town-and-gown divide that catches out most newcomers. Here is how to build a social circle either side of it.

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People talking outside a gallery on a Second Friday evening in Pilsen, Chicago
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Making Friends in Pilsen: Joining a Neighbourhood, Not Just Living in One

Pilsen has the strongest community culture of any neighbourhood in Chicago — and the clearest etiquette for joining it. Here is how to become part of it rather than a visitor with a camera.

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Diners talking at a communal counter in a West Loop restaurant, Chicago
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Making Friends in the West Loop: Past the Restaurant Reservations

The West Loop has the best restaurants in the Midwest and almost no traditional neighbourhood infrastructure. Here is how to build a social circle in a place designed around dinner reservations.

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People talking at a gallery opening in River North, Chicago
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Making Friends in River North: How to Build a Social Life in Chicago's Busiest Neighbourhood

River North has more restaurants, galleries and high-rises than any other neighbourhood in Chicago, and one of the loneliest reputations. Here is how the people who live in the towers actually meet each other.

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Friends at a neighbourhood bar in Lakeview, Chicago after a league game
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Making Friends in Lakeview: Chicago's Best Neighbourhood for Starting Over

Lakeview is where most people land in their first year in Chicago — Wrigleyville, Boystown and the Southport Corridor in one neighbourhood. That makes it the easiest place in the city to meet people, if you use the right parts of it.

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Friends playing in an adult recreational sports league in Lincoln Park, Chicago
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Making Friends in Lincoln Park: Beyond the Brunch Crowd

Lincoln Park has a reputation as Chicago's polished, coupled-up neighbourhood — which makes it one of the harder places in the city to arrive alone. It is also full of leagues, blues clubs and dive bars that solve exactly that problem.

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Sunday farmers market crowd on the boulevard in Logan Square, Chicago
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Making Friends in Logan Square: The Chicago Neighbourhood Built for Weekly Routines

Logan Square is where a lot of Chicagoans in their late twenties end up, and it has quietly become the best neighbourhood in the city for building a social circle from scratch. Here is why, and how to do it.

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The Loneliness Epidemic in London: A Growing Urban Crisis

London is one of the busiest and most vibrant cities in the world, yet loneliness in London is quietly rising. Despite packed trains, crowded streets, and endless events, many residents feel socially disconnected. The loneliness epidemic in London is affecting young professionals, expats, remote...

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