What's the best way to meet new people, in a new city?

check the newspaper or city website for community happenings.

Talk to random people on the street

How about going door to door and introducing yourself? Even if you live in an apartment it still may work. Especially if you bring some kind of gift…

take out a billboard with your pic and number on it…

blindfold yourself in the middle of the mall and start shouting “Marco!”

Join a club, like dancing or cooking (or whatever your into), goto the gym.

Find a volunteer activity that you enjoy.

If you have a certain cause you support (gay rights, anti-abortion etc.) you could find a protest and hang out with like minded people. They are a great way to socialise.

use an online website.. even if its not for dating. plentyoffish.com is a good way to meet friends. i have met a bunch of amazing people that way. just be sure to state that you are NOT looking for a relationship, just friends.

Most cities have some type of adult education classes (not for college credit) in informal subjects such as wine appreciation, photography, art appreciation, etc.

Most are taught by community members and the classes are generally small. This is a great kind of atmosphere to meet a wide variety of people.

Dress up as a lepricorn!

My best mans stag doo was in Dublin in Ireland, I thought it would be funny to dress him up as a lepricorn, anyhoo, you would be amazed at the amount of people who stopped him in the street!

We also made him go up to people at random and say ‘Hi, my names Richard, I’ve got an amazing fact for you today, did you know that Silverstone is 5.141 km long!’

Seriously tho, if you had the bottle, It would be a riot to dress up as something silly and a good confidense booster, and I think you’d be surprised just how many people would be willing to talk to you.

go to a church. best place to find that man or woman. beautiful people there, but you have to adapt or be willing to.

Take a class? I recommend checking out The Clay Studio for an 8-week course. Great people.

meetup.com is a website that allows users to organize groups based on common interests, and there are groups for nearly every interest you can imagine! There will be groups for outdoors and adventurers, cooking, camping, dining out, wine, coffee, sports, books, yoga, fitness, singles, concert-going, etc!

Badger Ben and Andrew to introduce you to all their friends. If that doesn’t work, I really second @hearkat‘s suggestion.

buy people cooooffffeeee!

Church groups that are open minded and not uptight, a place where people who share a common interest of yours gather such as Jam sessions or music stores for musicians, museums, camera shops, art supply stores for artists. The coffee shops of book sotes like Borders and or Barns & Nobles. I’ve had success at such places.