<p>I just moved to Maryland and I want to find some high-quality friends. Can you guys give any suggestions on where to look?</p>
<p>ColCon should create a “make friends” section per state on this website.</p>
<p>I’m looking for guys and girls (non-romantic)</p>
<p>i graduated from hs and am doing a gap year</p>
<p>i don’t want to sound arrogant, but it seems like most people on social sites (other than ColCon) seem average to low-quality.</p>
<p>I don’t have any suggestions right now but instead of quadruple posting just edit your first one.</p>
<p>I posted them all at relatively the same time and late at night; so i didn’t artificially bump my post or anything.</p>
<p>where in MD?</p>
<p>in the Gaithersburg area</p>
<p>I don’t wanna sound condescending, but there almost no decent people here in general. </p>
<p>I’m sure there is a considerable amount in the metro area though.</p>
<p>Go to DC, just like go to a basketball game or a hockey game. Go to shows, you meet tons of people going to shows. I would suggest not going to Georgetown though, you can’t make those kind of friends unless you have money</p>
<p>haha whats wrong with georgetown folk…what are you planning to do on your gap year in maryland?</p>
<p>a whole lot of stuff - perfect my test scores, extracurriculars, self-study, and a lot of other things.</p>
<p>geographic location is not relevant in my case; my family just moved</p>
<p>it is a pretty pretentious little section of DC</p>
<p>I’ve never been to Maryland, but I just moved to another state to go to grad school (so yes, I’m a bit older).
Forming friendships in new places varies from person to person, depending on your personality type. I’m sort of a shy person, for example, and it usually takes me time to form friendships. I find that it’s easier to meet people when you’re involved in something where you see each other on a regular basis, whether it’s at a job, church, a sports activity, etc. Forming friendships as an adult doesn’t seem to happen as quickly as it did during childhood (but that could be different for you).
Meeting high-quality people, well… Is there a club in the area that you’d be interested in, such as a writer’s club? What about a good church (if you go to church or would be interested in going to one)? Some churches have bible studies that meet during the week where you’re in smaller groups and have more of an opportunity to get to know people. In some of your extracurricular activities you might also meet people.</p>
<p>It sounds as if the gap year you plan to do could be interesting. Hope it’ll be a good experience for you.</p>