surely there are awesome meetups in the United States too.

[payne]

1. http://www.denverjug.org/
2. http://www.skillspipeline.com/blog/2016/5/9/top-10
3. https://botw.org/top/Computers/Programming/Languages/Java/User_Groups/North_America/United_States/
4. http://www.meetup.com/ChicagoJUG/