I sure would love to have friends where we each find the other's company not only a brief pleasant encounter -- though often it will start that way -- ultimately we want deeper engaging meaningful connection where we could trust the other with our deepest concerns whether they happen to be personal, about neighborhood, country or the world and life itself. For this reason I attend lectures in libraries where you have already a common interest as a starting connecting idea. But we also all like different things and that makes us More interesting, especially if you too are interested to explore that area. In other words we need to be Authentic, beyond being pleasant, to deepen connections.
I have gone to meetup.com groups and I know they hold periodic meetings and one can join with others with similarly inclined hobbies and pastimes or discussions.
I am also going to post an ad in a local newspaper for people to band together and exchange how they maintain healthy lifestyle, an in interest that I practice and enjoy daily. I often do stairs in my apartment building even with ten lbs of groceries walking up and down as many floors (today I did seven fllors and I was panting after four but continued for another three and I checked my heartbeat: 12 in five seconds on a 8 decades old frame. I do not use any meds and have some pain sometimes in my knees but I do lots of stretching, strengthening, twisting just about every day. Feels good to have restful sleep and aiming for a purposeful life which gives me direction for each day too.
We can eat well, be active, even use our mental and emotional faculties but we also need good friends to laugh with and share our vulnerabilities. I sure do. And that's why I spend nine times the effort to find one in my neighborhood and only brief amount to share some general info here at Mayo. I really do wish us all healthy enjoyable connections.