We actually didn't have any friends in the area when we first moved here, but we've met quite a few! It's been a nice quality-of-life enhancement for us. 
Do you have many friends that live nearby? Do you get together with them more often than with other friends who live further away?
persimmon / 1202 posts
Nope. I have a few writing friends, and an old work friend (current work friend of my husband's) who we trade cat-sitting services with. But no one I'd consider close. Closest good friend lives 9 hours away. Other one live in the Northwest while I'm in the Southeast. My family is 16 hours drive away. Mother of my godkids lives in England.
hostess / wonderful persimmon / 25556 posts
If nearby means not having to get in the car and drive, no we don't. We have friends within 15-20 minutes but that's the closest. I'm hoping we might meet some other parents in our neighborhood once we have a LO. It's so hard to meet people in our neighborhood since most use their backyards and we don't see a lot of people around!
GOLD / eggplant / 11517 posts
Yes, lots! We live near where I grew up and where we both went to college, and most of our friends stayed in the DFW area.
persimmon / 1341 posts
I think I spawned this spinoff. Our friends all live 45 minutes away with the only exceptions being a few of my husband's work friends. We live in a very small, very Mennonite community where everyone tends to keep to themselves and their own little groups. We're moving closer to where we grew up though so instead of 45 minutes we'll be like 10 minutes away and I think that will make seeing friends much easier in the future. We're excited.
pomegranate / 3716 posts
Yes, a decent number! Many of my college friends stayed in Chicago, and live in the downtown area or surrounding suburbs. So we have friends that are within 30 mins of us, and many within 10 mins. I guess I never thought about how lucky we are for that!
admin / wonderful grape / 20724 posts
@sweetchic: That's awesome! Do you see your "close" friends more often than your "far away" friends?
pomegranate / 3716 posts
@mrbee: Definitely! Our "group" of about 20 people, gets together maybe once a month or every other month depending on how busy people are. And then subgroups within the bigger group get together more frequently.
My "far away" friends are all out of state or even out of the country, so we don't see them very often at all!
GOLD / wonderful olive / 19030 posts
My husband's best friend actually lives 4 houses down from us, which is amazing! Most of our friends are within 20-30 minutes of each other, minus my best friend who lives 3 hours away.
grapefruit / 4049 posts
We have a lot of acquaintances that actually live in our building or within a 10 minute walk... The beauty of living in New York! But those tend to be acquaintences/parents of LO's friends and classmates. As far as close friends though, most are further like in an outer borough or in NJ (anywhere from 30mins to 1.5 drives). We have much more of a network in our hometowns in CA and are excited to be closer to them when we move next year. It makes a difference being close to great friends
GOLD / wonderful grape / 20289 posts
We have some friends close by. We still don't see them much though, everyone is always so busy!
apricot / 489 posts
We just moved to a new state. Well, not JUST. More like a year ago. So I only have 2 friends in the area. I have people that I enjoy at work, but we don't really hang out outside of work. It kind of sucks. I feel really far removed from my friends so I'm becomming really bad at keeping in touch. I'd love to find some friends who are also couples with children but it's tough to pull off!
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21628 posts
None of our really close friends live in the same state.
honeydew / 7968 posts
have a handful that i see every so often. but more all spread apart. we just came back to ny after living elsewhere for like 6+ years, so hard to get back into things.
coconut / 8299 posts
We have some friends that are pretty near by (maybe 15-20 minutes away?) but honestly we don't get to see our friends all that often (or as often as we would like). With our hectic work schedules and 20 month old toddler, we spend most of our free time running errands and spending time with family. We usually see at least one of our friends once a month but not consistently. We really should try harder though. Not sure how that's gonna happen once baby#2 comes. = \
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22646 posts
We have my best gf and her fiance about 2 miles away. We both have a handful of friends that are within a 20 min drive, but still find it hard to get together often...
GOLD / papaya / 10166 posts
We live a good 45 minute drive from our closest friends and family. We have acquaintences in the neighborhood though, so that helps.
honeydew / 7917 posts
Unfortunately we do not. I live in the same town I grew up in, and my old friends from high school and college (yup same town) have since moved away. We are all in different parts of our lives -- focusing on education, career or family, mainly career. In my group of friends, I am the only one married with a child. I wish I had more friends nearby who would like to hang out with a boring wife/mother.
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