People in the US have to move fairly often for graduate school, jobs, etc. While some subset of the groups you&#x27;re seeing are childhood friends, a large number of the people you&#x27;re seeing have probably not been friends for all that long in the lifetime scheme of things!<p>Creating new friendships is difficult and quite similar to dating. It sounds like you&#x27;re already part of a few groups, that&#x27;s great! A good next step would be to approach interesting people w&#x2F;in that group on an individual level and see if you have friend chemistry. This blog has a lot of great advice for the type of person most likely to end up on HN. <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;captainawkward.com&#x2F;2011&#x2F;12&#x2F;19&#x2F;question-153-how-do-i-make-and-keep-friends&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;captainawkward.com&#x2F;2011&#x2F;12&#x2F;19&#x2F;question-153-how-do-i-m...</a><p>Best of luck