Basiliscus amoratus wrote:
I've always had anxiety issues regarding going out alone to a bar or other such public space and talking with people. I'm interested in meeting women, but making friends with guys would be cool too. Do any of you have strategies for dealing with this kind of social anxiety, or good environments to meet people?
Going to a bar alone is a bad way to meet people or more specifically to meet women.
In a group it is a bit better. But for an autistic person you are probably best off joining hobby groups or autistic groups or gaining employment and trying to find people to date that way.