Local Groups
Find your FI tribe. Browse local groups, country chapters, and state communities across the ChooseFI network.
Groups near Columbus, Ohio
Columbus, OH
For anyone in the Columbus, Ohio area interested in financial independence. Join us for meetups and connect with the local community.
Southeast Ohio
For anyone in southeast Ohio — Athens, Zanesville, Marietta, and the Appalachian foothills.
Dayton
For anyone in Dayton, Springfield, and the greater Miami Valley area.
States in United States
View all →Alabama
280 members
Alaska
93 members
American Samoa
Arizona
520 members
Arkansas
156 members
California
2823 members
Colorado
1191 members
Connecticut
272 members
Delaware
81 members
Florida
1360 members
Georgia
398 members
Guam
7 members
Hawaii
119 members
Idaho
194 members
Illinois
875 members
Indiana
473 members
Iowa
278 members
Kansas
339 members
Kentucky
238 members
Louisiana
130 members
Maine
73 members
Maryland
599 members
Massachusetts
647 members
Michigan
657 members
Minnesota
711 members
Mississippi
59 members
Missouri
588 members
Montana
103 members
Nebraska
168 members
Nevada
219 members
New Hampshire
183 members
New Jersey
594 members
New Mexico
147 members
New York
1119 members
North Carolina
1109 members
North Dakota
47 members
Northern Mariana Islands
Ohio
942 members
Oklahoma
165 members
Oregon
596 members
Pennsylvania
909 members
Puerto Rico
16 members
Rhode Island
86 members
South Carolina
325 members
South Dakota
66 members
Tennessee
449 members
Texas
1735 members
U.S. Virgin Islands
Utah
380 members
Vermont
83 members
Virginia
1115 members
Washington
1220 members
Washington DC Metro
500 members
West Virginia
56 members
Wisconsin
619 members
Wyoming
37 members
Browse by Country
Canada
The easiest way to find local groups across Canada. This group aggregates 10 provincial communities and their events nationwide — from Toronto and Vancouver to Calgary, Ottawa, and beyond. Most meetups and discussions happen at the provincial or city level, so check out the groups below to find your closest community.
United Kingdom
The easiest way to find local groups across the United Kingdom. This group aggregates 13 local communities and their events nationwide — from London and Yorkshire to Liverpool, Newcastle, and beyond. Most meetups and discussions happen at the local level, so check out the groups below to find your closest community.
New Zealand
The easiest way to find local groups across New Zealand. This group connects 4 local communities and their events nationwide — from Wellington and Auckland to Christchurch and beyond. Most meetups and discussions happen at the local level, so check out the groups below to find your closest community.
Australia
The easiest way to find local groups across Australia. This group aggregates 15 local communities and their events nationwide — from Sydney and Melbourne to Brisbane, Perth, and beyond. Most meetups and discussions happen at the local level, so check out the city groups below to find your closest community.
Germany
Come and join to exchange on all Germany-specific topics regarding Financial Independence. This group is for general exchange and perfect to organize virtual meetups across Germany. For all in-person events, please use the local city groups"
Georgia
Your home base for the FI community in Georgia. Whether you're in Tbilisi, Batumi, or anywhere across the country, this is where members connect, share ideas, and organize meetups.
Spain
Your home base for the FI community in Spain. Whether you're in Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, or anywhere across the country, this is where members connect, share ideas, and organize meetups.
Netherlands
Your home base for the FI community in the Netherlands. Whether you're in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Utrecht, or anywhere across the country, this is where members connect, share ideas, and organize meetups.
Portugal
Your home base for the FI community in Portugal. Whether you're in Lisbon, Porto, the Algarve, or anywhere across the country, this is where members connect, share ideas, and organize meetups.
France
Your home base for the FI community in France. Whether you're in Paris, Lyon, Marseille, or anywhere across the country, this is where members connect, share ideas, and organize meetups.
Sweden
Your home base for the FI community in Sweden. Whether you're in Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, or anywhere across the country, this is where members connect, share ideas, and organize meetups.
China
Your home base for the FI community in China. Whether you're in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, or anywhere across the country, this is where members connect, share ideas, and organize meetups.
Mexico
Your home base for the FI community in Mexico. Whether you're in Mexico City, Guadalajara, San Miguel de Allende, or anywhere across the country, this is where members connect, share ideas, and organize meetups. As the community grows, local city groups are forming — but this group keeps everyone connected nationwide.
United Arab Emirates
Your home base for the FI community in the UAE. Whether you're in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, or anywhere across the Emirates, this is where members connect, share ideas, and organize meetups.
Singapore
Your home base for the FI community in Singapore — connecting members across the island for meetups, discussions, and financial independence conversations.
India
Your home base for the FI community in India. Whether you're in Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, or anywhere across the country, this is where members connect, share ideas, and organize meetups.
Switzerland
This group is all about the Swiss ChooseFI community. Share your advice, questions and ideas that might help our Swiss members on their path to FI!
Japan
Your home base for the FI community in Japan. Whether you're in Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, or anywhere across the country, this is where members connect, share ideas, and organize meetups.
Thailand
Your home base for the FI community in Thailand. Whether you're in Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Phuket, or anywhere across the country, this is where members connect, share ideas, and organize meetups.
Ireland
Your home base for the FI community in Ireland. Whether you're in Dublin, Cork, Galway, or anywhere across the country, this is where members connect, share ideas, and organize meetups.
Taiwan
Your home base for the FI community in Taiwan. Whether you're in Taipei, Kaohsiung, Taichung, or anywhere across the island, this is where members connect, share ideas, and organize meetups.
Belgium
Your home base for the FI community in Belgium. Whether you're in Brussels, Antwerp, Ghent, or anywhere across the country, this is where members connect, share ideas, and organize meetups.
Denmark
Your home base for the FI community in Denmark. Whether you're in Copenhagen, Aarhus, or anywhere across the country, this is where members connect, share ideas, and organize meetups.
Italy
Your home base for the FI community in Italy. Whether you're in Rome, Milan, Florence, or anywhere across the country, this is where members connect, share ideas, and organize meetups.
Israel
Your home base for the FI community in Israel. Whether you're in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Haifa, or anywhere across the country, this is where members connect, share ideas, and organize meetups.
Norway
A group for anyone from anywhere in Norway! Hopefully we can eventually build up more local groups for the different counties or cities, but this is a great start to get a community and support from others on the same path.
Brazil
Your home base for the FI community in Brazil. Whether you're in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Brasília, or anywhere across the country, this is where members connect, share ideas, and organize meetups.
Austria
Your home base for the FI community in Austria. Whether you're in Vienna, Salzburg, Graz, or anywhere across the country, this is where members connect, share ideas, and organize meetups.
South Africa
Your home base for the FI community in South Africa. Whether you're in Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, or anywhere across the country, this is where members connect, share ideas, and organize meetups.
Poland
Your home base for the FI community in Poland. Whether you're in Warsaw, Kraków, Gdańsk, or anywhere across the country, this is where members connect, share ideas, and organize meetups.
Philippines
Your home base for the FI community in the Philippines. Whether you're in Manila, Cebu, Davao, or anywhere across the archipelago, this is where members connect, share ideas, and organize meetups.
Malaysia
Your home base for the FI community in Malaysia. Whether you're in Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Johor Bahru, or anywhere across the country, this is where members connect, share ideas, and organize meetups.
Nigeria
Your home base for the FI community in Nigeria. Whether you're in Lagos, Abuja, or anywhere across the country, this is where members connect, share ideas, and organize meetups.
Colombia
Your home base for the FI community in Colombia. Whether you're in Bogotá, Medellín, Cartagena, or anywhere across the country, this is where members connect, share ideas, and organize meetups.
Czech Republic
Your home base for the FI community in the Czech Republic. Whether you're in Prague, Brno, or anywhere across the country, this is where members connect, share ideas, and organize meetups.
Romania
Your home base for the FI community in Romania. Whether you're in Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, or anywhere across the country, this is where members connect, share ideas, and organize meetups.
Chile
Your home base for the FI community in Chile. Whether you're in Santiago, Valparaíso, or anywhere across the country, this is where members connect, share ideas, and organize meetups.
Saudi Arabia
Your home base for the FI community in Saudi Arabia. Whether you're in Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam, or anywhere across the Kingdom, this is where members connect, share ideas, and organize meetups.
South Korea
South Korea's financial landscape is its own beast — sky-high housing costs in Seoul, a culture that quietly pressures you toward consumption, and a tax and pension system that rewards knowing how to work it. This group is for people living and working here who want to cut through the noise and build real wealth, whether they're Korean nationals navigating chonsei and retirement planning or expats figuring out how to optimize across two countries.
Argentina
Your home base for the FI community in Argentina. Whether you're in Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Mendoza, or anywhere across the country, this is where members connect, share ideas, and organize meetups.
Finland
Your home base for the FI community in Finland. Whether you're in Helsinki, Tampere, or anywhere across the country, this is where members connect, share ideas, and organize meetups.
Korea
Your home base for the FI community in Korea. Whether you're in Seoul, Busan, or anywhere across the country, this is where members connect, share ideas, and organize meetups.
Panama
Your home base for the FI community in Panama. Whether you're in Panama City, David, or anywhere across the country, this is where members connect, share ideas, and organize meetups.
Croatia
Your home base for the FI community in Croatia. Whether you're in Zagreb, Split, Dubrovnik, or anywhere across the country, this is where members connect, share ideas, and organize meetups.
Hungary
Your home base for the FI community in Hungary. Whether you're in Budapest, Debrecen, or anywhere across the country, this is where members connect, share ideas, and organize meetups.
Uruguay
Your home base for the FI community in Uruguay. Whether you're in Montevideo, Punta del Este, or anywhere across the country, this is where members connect, share ideas, and organize meetups.
Indonesia
Your home base for the FI community in Indonesia. Whether you're in Jakarta, Bali, Surabaya, or anywhere across the archipelago, this is where members connect, share ideas, and organize meetups.
Costa Rica
Costa Rica attracts a steady stream of expats and digital nomads drawn by the pura vida lifestyle, but living here affordably takes more strategy than people expect — navigating colones vs. dollars, residency income requirements, and a tax system that plays by its own rules. This group is for people building wealth in or from Costa Rica, whether that's optimizing a remote income, understanding the Zona Franca advantages, or figuring out how to make the numbers work long-term in paradise.
Vietnam
Vietnam's low cost of living makes it one of the most talked-about destinations for geographic arbitrage, but actually building wealth here — navigating dong-denominated accounts, limited investment infrastructure, and expat tax complexity — is a different conversation entirely. This group is for people on the ground in Vietnam who want to get practical about FI in a country where the rules don't always translate from Western playbooks.
Pakistan
Pakistan's financial landscape is its own puzzle — rupee volatility, inflation cycles, and limited conventional investment options push people to think creatively about building wealth. This group is for Pakistanis who are figuring out FI on their own terms, whether that's navigating local markets, managing remittances, or planning around an economy that rarely sits still.
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