local sub-reddits are typically toxic as all get out and then you’re just trading Facebook for Reddit. It truly is a gap… the problem is that for any service to step in requires they provide infrastructure / maintenance and that’s expensive. Sometimes a local online newspaper will have a community events listing, but they don’t typically allow discussion.

A couple decades late, but a good choice…

Craigslist should move them pretty quickly…

A bit late… fall began September 22…