The first time I went to a friend’s house in a new city, I found myself with a ton of people I knew from work. Facebook = tons of people.
Then Facebook removed the option to remove friends from your friends list. Then they added another way to do it through the My Friends tab. Then they took that one away. Then you could do it by searching for the city and choosing “friends.” Then that one went. [sigh]
I gave up. Facebook = tons of people.
Enter the search bar at the top of any Facebook screen and type in the name of the city in which you are currently located.
This will find friends in that city who list that name as their current city.
It’s a pain in the neck to type in the name of a city I am traveling to, but it’s worth it because this will find my friends in that city as well.
How do I search for friends in a new city on Facebook?
To search through your friends in a new city, first type the name of the person you are looking for into the search box on the Facebook website or smart phone app. Then, click the “
This should limit your search to people associated with that city. You can also limit your search to people who have worked at a certain business or attended a particular school by using the other search filter options.
If you’re placing ads on Facebook, you may want to target them to people who live in or are currently in a particular city. This is often useful for a local business that you expect will only cater to people who live nearby.
feature to achieve this, selecting a city, country or a group of locations to aim your ad at. Choose whether you want to aim the ad at people currently in the location, people recently there, people who live there or people who are traveling there.
for example, you may want to post an ad for people who live in Madison, WI, but only for people who live in St. Louis, MO.
on Facebook or using nicknames for the city, such as Big Apple for New York.
regarding what can be posted on the group. For example, some may not allow particular language or might ban advertisements.
How do I search for friends in a new city on Facebook?
There are a ton of ways to search on Facebook, but the most popular is by city. When you’re searching through people’s profiles, you’ll see people that match the description for that city.
If you’re lucky, your friend may appear in the short list of results that drop down just beneath your search terms. If you don’t see the person for whom you are looking, click on the “See more results for [Friend’s Name]” link at the bottom of the short list.
Once you ask to see more results, Facebook will show every member with a matching name — a list that may be overwhelming if your friend has a popular name. You can narrow your search by applying a filter. Click on the “People” link in the left column of the screen to exclude pages or groups from your results. Enter the name of the city and state in which your friend currently lives in the “Type the name of a city or region” field and hit “Enter.” At the time of publication, you must enter a city along with the state to add a location filter.
It is possible to look up friends only by city, provided you have also added that city as your hometown or current city.
How do I search for friends in a new city on Facebook?
There are a ton of ways to find your social circle on Facebook, but the majority of people find this method of searching for friends difficult to find personal friends for. The name of the city I’m in is Victoria, BC, Canada.
For this search, I entered in the name of the city I’m in and the city I’m from.
The Facebook search bar at the top of any Facebook screen lets you limit your search to people associated with that city.
To search for people by city alone, with no name, click on the “Find Friends” icon in the top right corner of any Facebook screen. People with whom you have mutual friends will show up first in the search results.
If you’re lucky, your friend may appear in the short list of results that drop down just beneath your search terms. If you don’t see the person for whom you are looking, click on the “See more results for [Friend’s Name]” link at the bottom of the short list.
Once you ask to see more results, Facebook will show every member with a matching name — a list that may be overwhelming if your friend has a popular name. You can narrow your search by applying a filter. Click on the “People” link in the left column of the screen to exclude pages or groups from your results.
