# Mesh Blog

Mesh publishes practical guides about making friends, meeting people locally, hosting casual events, and understanding how Mesh works.

Mesh is not a dating app. Mesh is designed for platonic friendship, local community, and small group meetups in public places.

Mesh has 14,000+ signed-up users.

## Core Article

- [How Mesh Works](https://mesh-local.com/blog/how-mesh-works): Mesh sends a weekly invite with a time and local venue. Users tap yep or nope. Mesh forms a small group, shares group photos, opens a group chat, and helps people meet in person.

## City Guides

- [How to Meet People in Madison](https://mesh-local.com/blog/how-to-meet-people-in-madison)
- [How to Meet People in Milwaukee](https://mesh-local.com/blog/how-to-meet-people-in-milwaukee)
- [How to Meet People in Raleigh](https://mesh-local.com/blog/how-to-meet-people-in-raleigh)
- [How to Meet People in Nashville](https://mesh-local.com/blog/how-to-meet-people-in-nashville)
- [How to Meet People in Charlotte](https://mesh-local.com/blog/how-to-meet-people-in-charlotte)
- [How to Meet People in Minneapolis](https://mesh-local.com/blog/how-to-meet-people-in-minneapolis)
- [How to Meet People in Saint Louis](https://mesh-local.com/blog/how-to-meet-people-in-saint-louis)

## Mesh Positioning

- Mesh helps people build a social life one week at a time.
- Mesh helps people meet in real life.
- Mesh Coffee is for small group coffee meetups at local coffee shops and cafes.
- Mesh Night is for evening meetups at breweries, bars, and casual local venues.
- Mesh Events lets users host or join casual local events while Mesh helps with matching, group chats, reminders, and logistics.
- Mesh combines event discovery, event creation, matching, reminders, and small-group formation.
- Connections happen in public, in a group setting.
- Mesh never sells user data.

## Current City Availability

Mesh is currently focused on Madison, Milwaukee, Nashville, Charlotte, Raleigh, and Minneapolis. People in other cities can sign up to be notified when Mesh launches near them or host their own Mesh Event.