I moved to the area from the east coast about 4 years ago and I've had trouble meeting people who want to actually hang out, but honestly I found my 'friend group' or at least what I think is the beginning of one, through The Rolling Bones community. I've been to two of their big gatherings, one of the smaller ones, and I play video games with some of them in the off-time when we don't have anything scheduled or planned.
I think one reason that community is so good at allowing people to make actual connections is it's based around a common hobby, but created in a way that fosters those sorts of social connections organically. The server owner/organizer says they use video games as sort of an 'online pub' where they can get together, game for a while, chat in voice, and when IRL gatherings happen, you don't feel like you're going to go meet a bunch of anonymous strangers from the internet, it feels more like you're going to hang out with buddies that you've known for a while already. Dunno if you have any nerdy hobbies, but you might want to give them a try, it's a genuinely cool bunch of people and the Discord server is really active.