L.A. is hungry for connection. Methods to discover — and maintain — true mates amid the flakes


Los Angeles has a foul fame in terms of constructing significant friendships. The city sprawl is full of loads of sunshine however too many empty guarantees of “Let’s dangle quickly” and the type of soul-crushing visitors that makes you not need to meet up.

So while you discover individuals who nourish you, are fast to assist, don’t thoughts a drive or are at all times down, it feels thrilling. You’ve struck diamonds in a pile of cubic zirconias. Then individuals transfer away to purchase a home in Joshua Tree or work on a long-term present in Atlanta or get busy with children or caring for an ailing member of the family. And it’s important to begin diamond mining yet again.

On this restricted sequence, we discover friendships in Los Angeles, from the superficial to the life-changing. We offer recommendations on how you can make mates and the place to spend time hanging out in addition to share refreshing tales of how the pandemic deepened relationships, each new and previous.

All of us want connection greater than ever. Let’s be mates.