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Sorry to hear that. Have you tried less conventional meeting places like local church events or book clubs at your public library?

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To add to the list: Take an art class. It doesn't matter if you can't draw worth a darn. Just try. Or some other class that interests you.

我二年学了中文，可是没有人今天给我叫。

And then the third class was cancelled for lack of sign-ups.

I have BEEN trying, constantly, and it doesn't matter at all.

Have you tried therapy? Because I moved here as a new grad, I know a bunch of others who moved here as new grads to work at Microsoft and Amazon, and almost none of them have ended up entirely shunned by the city. (Exactly one guy I know describes it the way you do, in fact. And I don't hang out with him because he's really prickly and difficult not to offend.)

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