how do you find local friends
in a small city

is there something like okcupid but explicitly for friends??

@uint8_t

Not sure if this is of help, but in Germany #gleichklang explicitly offers to also help find friendship.

(I think) they started out as an online dating/matching-community (for somehow "green/eco/..." people) but then broadend their service.

I have no personal experience with them, though.

( They do advertise a lot in German "Schrot&Korn" a Magazin you get for free in organic stores ("Bioladen"), thats how I knwo about it)

https://www.gleichklang.de/

@uint8_t I'd assume shared interest? So the sports club, the chess club, sometimes work or some other hobby? I also sometimes see some adds for that in a local magazine dedicated to all kind of "Kleinanzeigen".
@uint8_t I've met many nice people at the local pub.