Does Perth feel weirdly lonely to anyone else?
Is anyone else in Perth lonely?
Genuine question.
I’m 30. Healthy. I love nature, the ocean, health, meaningful conversations, building businesses, personal growth, all that stuff.
I don’t drink.
Don’t do drugs.
I smile and say hello to pretty much everyone I pass.
And yet somehow… I genuinely cannot seem to make friends here.
Not surface-level acquaintances.
But even just a “bro we should catch up sometime”
Let alone actual community. Actual connection.
It honestly feels like if you didn’t lock in your circle in high school, everyone just stays in their lane forever.
Is there some kind of loneliness pandemic happening right now that nobody talks about?
Because I swear everyone looks so connected online, but in real life people seem isolated, exhausted, socially closed off, or glued to routine.
I’m at the point where I honestly understand why people pack up and move somewhere else entirely.
I’m seriously considering it, I’ve got nothing keeping me here except a desire to stay for some unknown reason..
Am I doing something wrong?
How are people actually making genuine friends in Perth as adults?
Or is everyone else quietly struggling with this too?