RE: Where do you like to fly?
I prefer to fly in company of others; but, I don't play well with authoritative types.
So, I probably have the best of both worlds. My field is public and huge. There are perhaps 2 dozen regulars, but not one of them would say, " You can't do that; I don't like it."
We generally liaise via the internet, such that we meet at specific times.
Our system works really well. I recommend it to you.