I've seen a number of Twitterer's out there posting things like "looking to connect with people in xyz city/state" around the time I learned about http://twitter.grader.com.
Twitter Grader assigns a score to you based on your posts, your followers/followings and those of your followers and so on. While the # by itself I'm not sure really does anything for you, the interesting thing is that this site is another useful search tool within the Twitter community.
I was able to search easily, after getting my grade (a surprising 84%), for people in specific locations around the globe. So to answer those who I've seen looking for people in certain areas, try getting graded at twitter.grader.com, then click the link that is made of your own geographical location. It will show you others with that same geography in their profiles and leave a search bar at the top of the page so you can search for other locations.
Now, if I could just find one that helps me search for specific "interests" such as "theatre enthusiasts" or "theatrical producers" and the like :) now that would make it even more useful!
It's very interesting who you wind out connecting to just by posting 140 characters or less when thoughts occur to you, and sometimes just because of who you have followed. Each day I wake up to more followers and I sit and think "now where did they come from, this is cool, wow, i'm surprised THAT person followed me first."
I've even met someone who I think will be a new lifelong friend as time progresses. Someone who coincidentally was moving to my hometown later this year. How odd is that, talk about fate/kismet.
So broaden your horizons, get a Twitter account and shake the tree a bit, see what shakes loose. You may join with just a bit of curiosity and wind out becoming a social networker extroardinnaire.
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