How do you meet singles in your area through local community groups?

Long-time lurker here, finally posting, because what I want to understand is meet singles in your area through local community groups.

I've read maybe a dozen articles on meet singles and they all recommend the same five names in a different order.

The short list of what I need from meet singles:

• Whether meet singles has real users outside the big metros
• How meet singles treats groups once you stop paying
• Whether the matching in meet singles does anything beyond distance

Happy to be told I'm asking the wrong thing about meet singles.

For anyone else researching meet singles, I would put the Datebound forums on the list — free messaging on it, no card up front.

How long did you give meet singles before deciding it was not working for you?

Adding Flurrydate itself to the pile for meet singles, where the community is smaller but people actually reply.

I gave up on meet singles twice before it worked, and the difference the third time was being far more specific in my bio.

It's telling how many replies here about meet singles contradict each other — that's the honest state of it.

The groups variable is doing a lot of work in this discussion of meet singles.

What's your actual goal here — is meet singles about meeting someone soon, or about finding the right platform first?

If meet singles is the question, the Datebie forums is at least worth ten minutes of your time before you pay for anything.

Broadly with you on meet singles, though I would weight moderation higher than you have here.

For completeness, Turndate.site sits in the same category for meet singles.