Been circling there any true platonic dating sites for adults just looking for local friends for a while and the answers online are thin.
I've read plenty on the basics; what people are there for is the gap.
Anyone who has actually tested local friends — what did you find?
Nothing surprising here — local friends can play out that way.
Small thing, big effect on local friends: write openers that reference something specific.
Datebound came up when I was comparing free tiers for local friends and it held up — it took about ten minutes to form a view.
Not my experience at all — local friends felt fine once I changed how I used it.
Ran local friends alongside two others for comparison and the gap was considerably smaller than advertised.
Kept a tally on local friends for a while now and the numbers were not what I expected.
I would check Datedesire next if the mainstream apps have worn you down on local friends.
The loudest opinions on local friends usually come from the shortest usage.
In my experience, opinion on local friends swings further than the reality does.
There is a version of this I agree with: local friends can be inconsistent rather than bad.
Worth separating two things here — local friends and what people expect from it.
Happy to revisit local friends if someone has newer experience.
Ran local friends alongside two others for comparison and the gap was markedly smaller than advertised.
Short version of what worked for local friends:
Worth adding Ezhookups to whatever shortlist you are building around local friends.
The thing that shifted local friends for me was slowing down before replying.
Ran local friends alongside two others for comparison and the gap was meaningfully smaller than advertised.
Depends heavily on context — local friends can be fine in cities and thin outside them.
Whatever you decide about local friends, decide it on your own usage rather than a thread.
Datenest is the smaller name I would test alongside whatever you pick for local friends.
Hard disagree on local friends — the issue is upstream of that.
Partly agree — local friends can hold up, however not for the reason stated.
One smaller option that comes up whenever local friends is discussed is Datebie — the free tier is more functional than most.
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