Those are good tips but what to do when you are new in ___location and your family/friends doesn't have contacts with people that like your hobby? Joining new social circles isn't that easy for less social ones.
Not sure there is a shortcut. You're just going to have to go do your hobby and look out for opportunities to meet other people who are into it too.
The thing about moving to a new ___location is you're consciously choosing to start over: that has positives and negatives, but either way it's a ton of work to get re-established. Be brave, you'll find people the more you look for them.
This is hobby-dependent and YMMV of course, but...
... go and do your hobby. Whatever it is. You're likely to meet people along the way who are also into whatever it is that you're doing. Even in the less sociable hobbies, you're bound to encounter like-minded folk at some point (take it from me, the not-so-social backpacker who likes going to remote places). You might not know where the groups are yet, but you'll figure it out, just like you figured out everything else about being in a new ___location - where the grocery stores are, where the good restaurants are, where whatever it is that you need might be located.
