Moving to a new city for the job. Wondering how to make friends with travel life/consulting hours. Any advice?

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BCG1, what sorts of things have you done in the new place? PwC 1, thanks for the valuable input. P2, I'm sorry you haven't had a positive experience but hopefully there will be some actionable advice on here for your situation. And D1, I'm sorry to hear that you feel that way, but if it's so easy for you, either offer some advice or move on to another post. Nobody needs to have their feelings invalidated.

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Do you plan to work on weekends? If not, it's not that tough :)

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Joining social sports leagues are great, finding weekend fun runs or things like that where you can over time make friends. Join a gym, I met a bunch that way. For reference I moved to US knowing no one. Also you'll meet work colleagues, may get along with some quite well.

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There is no way, be a true loner!

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