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The site you're on, travel.stackexchange.com, is used by people from many different countries, and they often answer questions that happen to be about their own country.
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You can maybe try it with couchsurfing or AirBnB. Don't know about Airbnb by myself but have made pretty good experiences with couchsurfing.
There is a new Beta-"Hangout". Or simply write to local people to maybe hang out or show you around.