Ambitious
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Hey all,
Just found this site and decided to say hi! I'm 24 yrs old and 6 months ago I moved to a college town where I knew no one because of a job I was offered. I have only made one true friend here who happened to be my roommate who I found on craigslist. Unfortunately they are leaving town for good this week because they've been here 3 years and said there are just not enough people our age here.
I met some other people that I would consider acquaintances, but they weren't really friends and most of them left town last week because final exams ended and this town revolves around the university. I have lots of friends in my hometown which is a 7 hour drive away, but I have a very good job here that I have to keep. Also I just bought a house here, so I'm stuck for awhile.
This is my first time in a new place not knowing anyone, and it is incredibly difficult to meet people and somehow find a place in their already established friend groups. Especially when the only real population here seems to be college students and older people with families. Not really any young professionals at all. Also, the youngest person at my job is 32 , and none of them are single or do anything outside of work except golf. I tried online meetups but events generally only get 2-5 people because of the general lack of population here. Even that dating site plentyoffish has less than 200 people in a 50 mile radius.
So I've pretty much resigned myself to making friends here. Even if I do make friends, they are bound to leave every summer/break and when they graduate. So here I am hoping to make new friends online to keep my company for the next couple of years. My job has positions in every city in the country, but said that I must stay in my first assignment for 3 years before I can apply for a transfer.
Just found this site and decided to say hi! I'm 24 yrs old and 6 months ago I moved to a college town where I knew no one because of a job I was offered. I have only made one true friend here who happened to be my roommate who I found on craigslist. Unfortunately they are leaving town for good this week because they've been here 3 years and said there are just not enough people our age here.
I met some other people that I would consider acquaintances, but they weren't really friends and most of them left town last week because final exams ended and this town revolves around the university. I have lots of friends in my hometown which is a 7 hour drive away, but I have a very good job here that I have to keep. Also I just bought a house here, so I'm stuck for awhile.
This is my first time in a new place not knowing anyone, and it is incredibly difficult to meet people and somehow find a place in their already established friend groups. Especially when the only real population here seems to be college students and older people with families. Not really any young professionals at all. Also, the youngest person at my job is 32 , and none of them are single or do anything outside of work except golf. I tried online meetups but events generally only get 2-5 people because of the general lack of population here. Even that dating site plentyoffish has less than 200 people in a 50 mile radius.
So I've pretty much resigned myself to making friends here. Even if I do make friends, they are bound to leave every summer/break and when they graduate. So here I am hoping to make new friends online to keep my company for the next couple of years. My job has positions in every city in the country, but said that I must stay in my first assignment for 3 years before I can apply for a transfer.