build groups together

[grumpy old man]

thanks everyone for your veiws
tbh i'am not that great with computers so googling maps and that's sort of out for me i like the old paper kind lol
but the thought i had was for say a prepper (mike) living in newcastle could look at a thread (post) and see john from hexham (northumberland), sally from gateshead, peter from chester le street (durham) and steven from carlisle and then mike could look at a map to see who he could build up a network with a simply system but we use usernames the if mike wanted to talk to say john and sally he could just pm them.
the reason i think puting you town in is good rather than you county is some one might not be able to travel far might not drive so mike might only feel sally is worth teaming up with as everyone else is to far
i will kick it off with a new thread and hopefully most people will follow ( who's close to me )