Hey y’all, so I’ve been here for a couple years now but I’ve had trouble making lasting friendships and finding some kind of community here is really important to me right now. However, a lot of the traditional avenues for meeting people are not the best options atm for the following reasons:

1. I’m on a tight budget as I’m trying to pay down student loans / build savings etc.
2. I’ve cut back on drinking quite a bit for health / financial reasons.
3. I’m a 28F not really looking to date right now since I just went through a breakup.
4. I’m not religious.

I do go out and do things alone often but I would say my interests tend to translate to more solitary activities (film, art, music, lifting, thrifting, yoga, books, etc.) I’m not really interested in stuff like D&D/cards, I highkey hate running ngl lol, but other than that I would say I’m pretty open minded.

I guess the point of this whole post is to see if there’s anything low cost and social out there I could try that I’m not thinking of? I’ve been to a couple general meetup type events but not a whole lot came from it. I’m located in uptown but have a car. Thank you in advance for any suggestions.