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Community

You will not out-optimise loneliness. Build a real community — the slow, unfashionable, essential work.

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Diverse group of adults forming connections in a cafe, demonstrating how to build a strong local support network after a move.

How to Build a Strong Local Support Network After Moving to a New City

Discover effective, evidence-based strategies to successfully build a strong local support network and overcome social integration challenges after relocating to a new city.

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Frequently asked about community

Why is it hard to make friends as an adult?+

Adult life removes the three ingredients — proximity, repeated unplanned contact and shared vulnerability. You have to rebuild them on purpose.

What is a third place?+

A regular gathering spot that is neither home nor work — a café, gym, church, club. Robert Putnam links their loss to falling social capital.