Hi, Kyle, sorry your brothers have let you down. I would go hang out at the local library and then take a class offered there or join one of the groups that meets there (after I knew my way around the library and sort of knew the clerks and librarians). If there's another "public" place/store you like better, lots of grocery stores have bulletin boards, for example, I'd go there, read the ads, real the local newspapers and little magazines that are free at places, etc. until I could figure out something that might interest me enough to get me over the initial attendance more often somewhere and gradual meeting of more people I have a shot at getting friendly with.