Remember the days before Tinder? Here is how it used to work.
I was late browsing a local chat room on yahoo. Looking for a new chat member to join and would welcome them into the room. "Hi user4563, welcome to the chat." If they would respond, you then post the ultimate 'lets hook up response' "a/s/l?" If you are too young to read that its, Age/Sex/Location. Basically you are looking for what you are looking for, and hopefully someone local.
So happens I did get a response, 20/F/local. The conversation then went into a private chat. Found out she wasn't that far from me and was home from the club and her friends left with guys while she went home alone. I was happy to resolve that situation for her and quickly dropped my online presence and headed out on the road.
Prior to GPS in your pocket, you could look up an address on maps. and print out directions. So I started my journey. At night with only printed instructions to an address and a name, Lily. The drive was 20 minutes, ya never know, this could be all for nothing if the address was given incorrectly or you were led on a wild goose chase.
Luckily for me, I was not being scammed. I knocked on the door and Lily answered. At this point the only physical attributes we knew about each other were the ones we stated in the text. Myself, (Male 20, 5"10' Athletic) Lily (Female 21, 5"6' Curvy). Opening the door we took stock of each other, mostly her sizing me up, as I was ready to go no matter what opened the door. I wasn't about to drive back home in the dark alone for nothing. Lily opened the door wider and ushered me into her apartment.