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Try slackline - it's a meditative practice and a way to meet new people.

There was a period in my life when I just moved to another country and felt lonely. I bought a line and started to practice in a popular park. On a good day I could meet 1-2 people per hour. There were people from wildly different backgrounds - sometimes it's a quirky homeless guy, young father, cute girls, policeman

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Second this. Recently got a slackline and it's absolutely the best way to meet people. I often have groups of 5-10 people crowded around. People are curious about it and where I'm from they aren't afraid to ask to try it.

I find this advice funny. I don't have much of an opinion on the slackline itself but random people coming up to me for superficial meetings does not appeal to me.

This is one of these cases when quality emerges from quantity

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