What other city can boast a hike with a full-blown social scene? (We’re looking at you, Runyon.) Lace up a pair of comfortable sneakers and start to climb, and we can almost guarantee you’ll run into some friendly faces taking in the views. But if you want more than a quick wave or “hello,” specifically opt for a group hike.
Ask an outsider to paint a picture of an average Angeleno and they’d conjure up a portrait of Hollywood obsessives trapped inside of automobile bubbles. The reality is that Angelenos are mostly warmer than that, but that doesn’t mean it’s always easy to figure out how to meet new people. This oversized city can often feel isolating, especically when you first move to L.A.. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Plenty of people will tell you to just “put yourself out there” but what does that even mean? We’re here to instead offer some specific ideas to make friends in L.A.—and very few of them revolve around approaching strangers at a bar or bugging people at the gym.