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I think a lot of the same advice applies. We decided to just have a bunch of parties when we first moved in. We started with a “I want to meet the neighbors Wine & Dessert” party. Cheap, simple, everyone comes for wine and dessert. I asked each neighbor I had met to bring a neighbor I hadn’t met. Great fun and a wonderful start to connecting.
We then had a Chili/Mexican Train Party, a Mardi Gras, obviously Christmas, a backyard fire pit with smores. We just kept inviting different people (church, neighbors etc) and it worked very well . . . Until Covid, which obviously crashed everything. I never spent more than about $100 for each party.
Just remember, you’re entering their world and you need to show them you’re a good addition to it.
Best of luck.
Been there and done that. Many native South Carolinians that have children and close family are not into socializing with Newcomers from other states. Yes, newcomers definitely appreciate other newcomers.
Been there and done that. Many native South Carolinians that have children and close family are not into socializing with Newcomers from other states. Yes, newcomers definitely appreciate other newcomers.
Ok, so give up on South Carolinians. So how about starting a Meetup with people from whatever state you left or your college? Then you can talk about your old pizza, bagels, football team or whatever. If you’re having problems, surely others are, too.
Ok, so give up on South Carolinians. So how about starting a Meetup with people from whatever state you left or your college? Then you can talk about your old pizza, bagels, football team or whatever. If you’re having problems, surely others are, too.
It seems like the best idea would be to move to a city where you have friends.
If you've been in Greenville for years and not made any friends, it is not likely that will change.
If you are not working and have no family ties here, it should be easy to move.
Most transplants don't have a problem making friends here. Greenville has to be one of the top transplant destinations in the country the last 60 years or so.
If you moved to Greenville / Simpsonville from another state, do not have siblings, relatives or friends that live here and do not have children, it is extremely difficult to meet and have make new friends. People are friendly here but not necessarily open to new friendships that have moved here from out-of-state. We are retired and not overly religious. We have tried Meet-Up Groups but rarely have met older married couples. Have anyone felt the same way?
I've lived in six different states over the decades, moving back and forth between some of them: VA, IL, IA, CT, NC, and SC. What I've found is that openness to friendship depends more on demographics like education, age cohort, income, employment, religion (or lack thereof), marital status, and parental status than on whether one is a member of the local culture. It's been the same for me in the Midwest, New England, and the South. I don't think SC is more closed in this regard than the other states I've lived in (if you move to small town anywhere, you'll still be That New Family Who Moved Here From Elsewhere fifty years later).
Many people that move to Greenville County have direct or indirect roots here. We have met only one couple that have no roots here, everyone else have siblings here, relatives here, went to school here or possibly were born here.
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