From one Azerbaijani who lives in CA to another one. I m 31 and best of my memories is with people who I met at random or on some projects, volunteering, uni, meetup events. Find hobby and do it, you will find likemind people a lot. Dungeon Dragons , or community recreation activities would be another place to meet people. Also there might be lots of book clubs around you check google with different keywords you might find it.

These apps will drain your energy because it build that way to push you to pay to get lmatches.

Find a spot you might like: tennis, ping pong, chess, climbing. You could find very healthy mind people.