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Re:Ask HN: Alternatives to Reddit by setgree on Monday June 12, 2023 @02:25PM (#36298537)
I feel for you man. I live in Brooklyn and I can meet all the weirdos I want here (though the fact that we're so spread out makes having a 'community' hard sometimes). So I get why Reddit and its ilk would seem like the best available option. But if at all possible, I think moving to where your people are is going to scratch the itch more holistically.

This person has been thinking hard about this: https://twitter.com/Prigoose, https://prigoose.substack.com/

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Re:Ask HN: Alternatives to Reddit by johnnyanmac on Monday June 12, 2023 @04:46PM (#36300823)
That's the strange thing of it all. I'm not necessarily in Los Angeles proper, but I'm in a suburb and am fine driving downtown. There theoretically shouldn't be a better place to find some 20's people interested in various geek/tech content. I'm sure the groups are there, but I'm not sure where to look.

The only better place in theory is up north in Silicon Valley. But I'm not sure if I want to move and drastically up my cost of living in the process.

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Re:Ask HN: Alternatives to Reddit by pellucidar on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @09:01AM (#36309644)
LA is a stranger place than it seems if you haven’t lived elsewhere as an adult. SV is definitely not the only better place, though the candidates may be similarly expensive due to the density you need (Boston, NYC, etc.).
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Re:Ask HN: Alternatives to Reddit by standyro on Thursday June 15, 2023 @03:48PM (#36345543)
I'm also in LA ~ can connect you with some interesting folks!

Agreed that there's not great resources for local discovery, beyond Discord groups and Meetups (which sort of died during the pandemic)

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