I'm in Edinburgh! How about you?
WP, despite its many revamps, isn't very good at allowing engagement from writer to reader, unfortunately. Getting seen is quite difficult for most simply because of the sheer amount of work and users there are on here, and if one's work doesn't cater to the rather specific demographic it's even more difficult to be seen. However, one of the more effective ways of getting seen is engaging in the forums, being helpful, leaving votes and comments on works, participating in competitions, making connections etc. Without all that, good quality work still gets obscured.
It took me a long time to build up a small following and I lost most of that when I took a year long hiatus until recently :(