Having once lived in a small town, they can be isolating. Most of the socializing was done around school, work and special events like the 4th of July Ice Cream Social/fireworks, school programs/sports and Christmas Eve caroling. My best friends were my retired neighbors who were the same age as my grandparents but they were involved in many interesting things such as digging up an Anasazi Indian ruin in conjunction with one of our state universities that was located on their property. So interesting to watch and they built their own home single handedly too--that also fascinated me. After high school I attended college in a bigger town then joined the military which enabled me to meet other people. Is it possible for you to attend school in a bigger town?