I think that now it is better to meet girls through a marriage agency. There they will be able to choose a suitable pair for you, according to interests, moral values, etc. There you exactly will not be sent to the friend zone. Here is
https://adam-and-eva.com/, here you can try your luck and find the love of your life.
It is very striking such a page, but there is another very good, it is called
www.badoo.com, it is a page where you can get girls of all kinds, and you can start to know from the platform and if they coincide they can generate maybe a romance or whatever you're looking for.