Recently moved across the pond for a role in London and am finding it difficult to connect with people here, most have their existing circles or friends from previous roles or school. I found it way easier to make friends/meet new people in NYC since everyone seems more friendlier and open. As a result, its really putting a damper on my move as I find it hard to connect here. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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I used to live with a Kiwi who would join cricket/soccer teams and made a social circle that way. And also when we were out drinking if he heard a Kiwi/Aussie accent he would just fuck off with that group of strangers. And he used to go out most nights drinking. A couple of times on a weekday he come into my room at 3am, turn the light on, wake me up, sit on my bed with a plate of cocaine and a plastic straw trying to get me to come out and drink.
i see nothing wrong here
Feel free to PM, I am living in London as well and almost always open to hang out with new people so could definitely be down. I moved here from the Nordics, and I made most of my friends from my analyst class and then some buddies from university.
Lets organize a WSO drinking night! (I also moved to London recently)
I started working FT in London recently too. It's definitely been difficult to make new friends. Feel free to pm. I've been trying to make new friends myself.
I have been in and out of London for almost a decade now, these worked for me:
- live in a building with many singles/professionals and some kind of social area like bar or gym (i.e. in Canary Wharf)
- my gym (external) was fairly social, people were introducing each other and there were good classes
- hobbies like language groups, car meets, functions (good source: meetup)
- made lots of friends while using dating apps
- if you are a religious person: church. lots of good churches in London for all denominations and views
- also try attending professional events, networking, mixers
Same here, moved just before COVID hit and still havent been able to really make friends. I find London is quite cliquey, most people seem to have gone to either boarding school or uni together and/or became friends with their analyst class, also doesnt help if you're a bit "older" i.e. late twenties/early thirties
This! It's really hard.
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