How to Find People Near You on Facebook

By Marie Cartwright, eHow Contributor Facebook can help you jump start your social life. Finding friends in a new city can be tough. But with a little help from online social networking, you can begin to form a new posse. Making friends with strangers on Facebook can be tough, as some Facebook users are resistant to sharing their info with people they don't know. thers are open to meeting new people, and may respond well to a friendly message from you. !ou can help narrow down your search by trying to find people who share a common interest or who are at the same school or workplace as you. Ha"e a #uestion$ %et an answer from nline &ech 'upport now(

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, &ype the name of your city into the search bar at the top of the Facebook homepage. * drop-down menu will appear. .f you li"e in a big city, you will likely see your city's name ne/t to an icon. .gnore this icon. &his is a link to the Facebook page for the city, not a list of people who li"e there. .nstead, click the link at the bottom of the menu that reads 0'ee more results for 1city name2.0

3 Click the 0)eople0 link in the left sidebar. &his will display a list of people who ha"e the name of your city listed in your profile.

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4 &ype the name of your city into the te/t field beside the 0+ocation0 button at the top of the list. Click 0Filter.0 &his will limit the list only to those who ha"e your city listed as their current location, rather than just ha"ing the name listed somewhere in their profile. For e/ample, if you did an initial search for )ortland, the resulting names would include entries such as 05ust got back from )ortland0 or 0. grew up in )ortland but . li"e in 6ew !ork.0 Filtering by location ensures that the search results are associated with people still in your area.

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