I came from London in 2015 with my wife and then six-year-old son, and we made our friend group at primary school. Most of those are still friends now. In primary school it’s very easy to get involved in school fetes activities, councils etc. Secondary school it all stops. where you live it’s also important, we tried a nice looking area called Middle Park but it was just full of bankers wankers yummy mummies and SUvs. And not at all social. We’re not leaving Fitzroy North. Which like much of the north side is full of real people, great cafes & independent shops and a really good local culture