Well, I took a look at the local chess club, spent a couple hours out there watching various games. Place was in the basement of a mall, pretty diverse group - all men, but all ages/ethnicities. Basically what you'd expect. Since I had no cell service, I was essentially just eyeballing positions and was pretty sure I knew what was going on. Later on, I put them in the engine and things I thought were overwhelmingly winning were actually 0.0 15-20 moves into a game. Shit like crazy g4 pawn pushes outta the opening. Also, lowest guy there is USCF rated 1600, and absolutely no one was willing to venture a guess how that translated into any online ratings. Given all that, seemed pointless to join the USCF and this club and pay for games just to get my as kicked by a 10 year old rated 1900.
Also, no discussion of any type in between games. Just people grinding rating. Little disappointed, not gonna lie.