[General] Usage of "How are you doing with...?"

[The Learner]

Hi all,
I am little confused with the usage of How are you doing?

If want to ask somebody how he/she is interacting(or dealing) with local people

can I say "how are you doing with local people?"

or this is a wrong way to put it?

Please help me with this.

Thanks in advance...

[Ms_S]

"How are you doing with something" is usually used to inquire about someone's status with some sort of activity or progress with accomplishing something.

For example:
How are you doing with learning French? (Are you making good progress?)

In response to the example you gave, I would use "How is it going with the local people?"