Are Maconites approachable?

On Friday I drove up to Atlanta for Girls Night with some of my friends from college. We spent the evening hanging out in the Virginia Highlands, eating dinner and visiting the various bars in the area.

For all the ladies out there who need a place to find guys, let me tell you: the Virginia Highlands is where they're at.

Amazingly, men seemed to outnumber women at each and every place we visited. It was like they were oozing out of the woodwork. And they were all incredibly friendly, and not necessarily in the "I'm hitting on you" kind of way. After all, only one of us was even single, so it's not like we were flirting or even trying to gain anyone's attention. (However, if you were, you would probably go home with a handful of phone numbers.)

Needless to say, I don't know of any place like this in Macon. Why don't we have any places -- restaurant, bar, neighborhood -- teeming with friendly, easy-to-meet people?

Sure, people congregate at several places around here (El Azteca, Dirty Iguana, Tic Toc), but it seems that everyone has his or her own little clique. If you don't already know someone, you really don't have an in with most people around you. All these various cliques can really hinder the dating scene because you're basically limited to people already in your clique.

Are people in Macon less approachable than people in other cities? Have you noticed various cliques within the city? If so, do these cliques influence your dating life? Why can't we all just get along?