>live in Louisiana
>gay community here kind of sucks
>bear community is terrible
>no gay conventions or parties or happenings here
>only big gay related thing is the Pride event once a year
>no big group of gay friends
>feel really isolated and lonely
>make online friends in places like Orlando and Portland
>always posting about all the gay events and parties they go to
>sharing pictures of all their gay friends
>telling me about all the hot guys around them
>want to move away from here to one of these cities
>afraid I'll spend all that time and money moving and finding out nothing changes
So has anybody here moved from a place with a small or nonexistant gay community to one of the bigger gay-friendly cities?
Did it improve your quality of life? Or were you just as miserable there as you were in your shitty small town?
you could always plan a trip up there and maybe go to a few events to see if you like it before making a decision about living there
>>5234025
Don't expect your quality of life to improve just from moving. It might give you better/more opportunities to go to events that might be interesting to you, but that's it.
>>5234025
>So has anybody here moved from a place with a small or nonexistant gay community to one of the bigger gay-friendly cities?
Yes.
>Did it improve your quality of life?
Yes.
>Or were you just as miserable there as you were in your shitty small town?
It doesn't solve all your problems, but it solves the problem of having nobody to date.
>>5234025
Where you at m8, fellow Louisianafag here
>>5234103
>there'd be more of a feeling of community which is what I want.
Only if you actively participate. You can be just as lonely in a big progressive city as in a tiny town.
>>5234025
I moved from a small town to San Francisco. Certainly there's a lot more opportunity here. I never had gay friends before, whereas now there is a group of guys who I have met out and about. I like that I can go out on a Friday night and duck into a few bars and there will be a good chance I'll run into somebody I know.
It is a bit of a double-edged sword, however. The large number of new opportunities leads to chronic wandering eyes. I'd say it's difficult to date here, at least if you want a traditional closed relationship. I'd say that it's a good place to be while you're young, but it might wear on you as you get older. If you're in your mid-20s, you'd probably have a lot of fun.
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>>5234025
At least you won't catch AIDS.
>>5234025
Sage for off topic, but this scene made me feel so fucking awkward every time I watched sense8. Why couldn't they have a couple guys holding hands or something? This is just fucking creepy.
Louisianafag here, Baton Rouge is god awful.
No one likes faggots, move to a shitty place like California where all the gay loonies live, stay out of Dixie, the home of the free and brave.
