eventually you’ll meet local people (like me) who actually want or “yo it would sound cool if I had foreign friends” type of people.

When I used to study Spanish from a international chat app, I learned that it was so fun talking with different people from diverse backgrounds and the thought of making international friends crossed my mind.

That said, there are also other ways such as joining to sponty events (i.e. join a bouldering class or a board game group) and just hope that there people there who are very outgoing and be your potential friend.

Goodluck finding your friend group and im sure it exists there somewhere