Hey everyone! I’m moving to Houston (from Toronto) for work at the end of the month and looking for any advice on how to make friends, network, get settled, and just navigate the city overall. My job is remote so I can’t really meet anyone organically through work. I’m hoping to live in the Heights (I’m 24, Female). Any tips are greatly appreciated!!

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You can also do pikle ball.

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Do kickball. Did it in my 20’s and met some cool people.

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bumble! it has "make friends" tab. i actually met a lot of new girl friends there, it was easy too!

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Houston is super easy to make friends. Lots of diverse people, shouldn’t be hard. I’ve moved to other cities and Houston was by far the easiest when it comes to people being approachable

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How did you meet people? Been here for a while, and pretty much Friend less.

Not religious or athletic, so maybe harder for me?

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