I&#x27;m in much the same situation now.  Don&#x27;t listen to that other guy: if you&#x27;re living in a place where you don&#x27;t intend to stay, and the locals really aren&#x27;t people you want to spend your time with, then don&#x27;t.  All the people around me are a bunch of small-town religious people, so I have no desire to get to know them, or else they&#x27;re going to start asking me about my &quot;personal relationship with Jesus&quot; or somesuch.  I&#x27;m just working on my finances and planning my move out of here, and for socializing I try to take a day every weekend and drive to the nearest big city and do something with a Meetup group there.  I meet some very interesting people that way, unlike the people I currently live around.