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"I met a few people early on. I got a list of people to contact from friends of my parents who were originally from Detroit but are now liv- ing in El Paso. I gave a few of them a call." At a party at Cahoots sponsored by the B'nai B'rith Friendship Singles in early October, he found that "it wasn't a good place to meet people. It was just a group of people herded into a bar." At a friend's suggestion, he got involved with the Jewish Welfare Federation Young Adult Division (YAD). His first venture was to a party the group held at the Tam O'Shanter Country Club in West Bloomfield. "I was sur- prised at how many Jewish singles there were. I mean, consider where I lived." He has since put his name on a list to volunteer for the group activities. He has been very satisfied with YAD. "I have had more success at meeting people through them." In fact, it was at that first party that Shiloff met two other people who are from Indiana, Stephen Moritz and Karen Metzger. Moritz, 22, is originally from Pittsburgh and most re- cently from Indiana where he also attended Indiana Uni- versity. He came to Detroit to work as a sales representa- tive for NCR Corp. He has been here since June. Moritz had a friend in De- troit that he had known from a past trip to Israel who he is close to here. However, since his job takes him back and forth to the company head- quarters in Dayton, Ohio, he hasn't had much time to explore the area. "I don't know the city real well yet and that's a real problem for me." It was at the YAD party that Moritz met Metzger whom he recognized from In- diana University and became reacquainted with her. Shiloff was standing nearby, over- heard the conversation and joined in. They have all be- come friends. Metzger, 22, was imported to Detroit to work for EDS. She is in an assistant engineer development pro- gram. "When I first got here, I went to the Jewish Center and took advantage of the six-month membership offer. Soon after, I was contacted by the Young Adult Division. It was really fortunate for me because ever since I have got- ten here I had been looking for a Jewish group to join. There aren't many Jewish people at EDS. "It was a real coincidence running into Stephen and Stuart." Eric Starkman, 31, was born in Toronto, went to graduate school in Boston, Mass., then returned to Canada to work in Montreal. For the past seven months, he has been a business writer for The Detroit News. "It has been a tough ad- justment. The lifestyle is different than I'm used to." The transition has become more difficult due to the fact that his job requires long hours and frequent travel all over the country. He has managed to go to a few singles dances but "didn't find it very rewarding. Those dances are not conducive to meeting singles but the same goes for Toronto, Montreal or Boston, too. A good majority of the people I've met at sing- les dances tend to complain about them or apologize for being there." Another observation he makes is that "people in De- troit are much more tied to their automobiles and travel much further distances in their daily routine." Starkman has done more driving in the past few months than he did in one year in Montreal. "What's difficult for me is that the Jewish community in Detroit is more spread out where as in Toronto its larger but more integrated." He has had little trouble navigating around the area since he "knew Detroit fairly well before I moved here." Starkman has joined the Franklin Racquet Club, but because of his work schedule, he goes early in the morning and misses out on a lot of socializing for which the club is noted. He has met people through friends he has had here and has been "fixed-up" on dates a few times. But he finds it hard to meet people that share his interests. "People I have met have been nice, friendly and very helpful. But I find that people here are much more mate- rialistic than in other cities that I have been in. In fact, I have never been asked so many times what kind of car I drive." I had to ask ... He drives a 1986 Celica. ❑ PEOPLE CONNECTOR People Connector Ads can be found on page 94 in our Amazing Marketplace classified section.