So after having talked to/chatted with people who claim to be anarchists, I now believe that most of the real anarchists in America are in prison, in the nut house, or out on the streets homeless. A lot of people who are claiming to be anarchists are more like fanarchists. They are fans of the concept of anarchism but don't want to actually do it because they have a comfy place in liberal society that they don't want to lose. So any true anarchists on here who acknowledge that I'm a liberal and I can think and talk about freedom but I have to take it. You are on the right mindset and you need to strengthen and arm yourself for protection. To be painfully honest, it's going to be difficult for us anarchists who are deeply programmed liberals to find our people and once you become one of the homeless out of revolutionary necessity, you will see that the state has done a lot of work in stifling anarchists. A lot of the homeless are obviously struggling, a bunch are good at finding food and surviving, and still many are on drugs and depressed/manic so the anarchists have some work to do to be able to build some kind of community up. A couple other anarchistic groups I know of are the forest defenders in Georgia and maybe the Black Israelites in Tennessee. There's also a few anti govt (against our current government) gun clubs. I don't know about all of their values so I cannot say to full certainty that they are anarchist.

Anyone looking for community with anarchists might best find it with the homeless but it depends on the individuals. They may get well be capable and follow principles of anarchy but it's also likely that they could be on edge from the shit they have to deal with. You would also want to note that the police and other law enforcement agents go out of their way to do sweeps through homeless encampments and look for people with arrest warrants and harass the others with threats of arrest for trespassing even though the property owner didn't report and may not even care.

Other than that, you might be able to find other anarchists online to meet up with, just be warned that a lot of them are very liberal and don't actually do anarchy and would rather only discuss it.

Keep in mind your own principles and pay attention to listen to others about their principles.