I guess that's a fair assessment. But, also keep in mind that, at least HERE, you're new.....to the site, and the community.
Things CAN happen quickly, but that's rare and really depends heavily on the people involved if that's going to be possible, etc.
Outside THAT concept, things DO generally happen more slowly. But, meetups are NOT rare, they really aren't.
BUT, they don't happen for *most* of the membership for a LOT of different reasons.
Meet ups happen ALL the time here, most of that simply remains hidden due to both the nature of the subject and the need for *secrecy* within the general public.
YOU, at least as far as I can see, have ALL the ingredients you need, except for the one final thing. Attaining that however is going to depend largely on how you conduct your business here.
There IS more to that concept but I won't go into that in a public thread, for a lot of different reasons.