I was in the same situation when I moved interstate. I am not the sort of person who likes to go to clubs or whatever, or socialise much with strangers. My job doesn't have co workers...so while I consider some people I used to work for friends now, it wasn't so much a socialise outside of work thing. I made one actual friend and we hung out, but she had to move back to England and we lost touch. I had a few acquaintances at the gym, but it wasn't like we were going to meet up outside of running into each other at classes - though you might be a different kind of person and that might work for you?
It didn't really concern me, but it was a tad boring and lonely at the time.
That being said, now that I've moved back to the city where all my friends live, I don't necessarily see them regularly.
I think the older we get, the less likely we are to make new friends.
If it is a source of problems for you, perhaps you could find a local interest/hobby group.
So hard to make friends in new city
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I was in the same situation when I moved interstate. I am not the sort of person who likes to go to clubs or whatever, or socialise much with strangers. My job doesn't have co workers...so while I consider some people I used to work for friends now, it wasn't so much a socialise outside of work thing. I made one actual friend and we hung out, but she had to move back to England and we lost touch. I had a few acquaintances at the gym, but it wasn't like we were going to meet up outside of running into each other at classes - though you might be a different kind of person and that might work for you?
It didn't really concern me, but it was a tad boring and lonely at the time.
That being said, now that I've moved back to the city where all my friends live, I don't necessarily see them regularly.
I think the older we get, the less likely we are to make new friends.
If it is a source of problems for you, perhaps you could find a local interest/hobby group.