Going out/being social/making new friends post pandemic – advice or tips?

Yes, this is one of those “how do I make new friends” posts you see on the sub every once on a while. I’ve had this urge to branch myself out for a few months now, but haven’t found any good leads. Now that I recently got out of a relationship, I have the urge to try again.

Yes, I have tried Meetup. Most of it were either sporty events I wasn’t interested in, or business style networking events or barely disguised MLMs. When there are events I’m interested in, I find that the majority of them are in the loop (I live in the northwest, somewhere close to Cypress) and a bit out there irt distance.

It also seems like a lot of things haven’t really started again post-COVID, so maybe I’m not trying hard enough? Or should I check the discord and give Meetup a second try?

Advice/tip/tricks are all appreciated.