What places can you meet people in real life apart from work or school?
After a bunch of traumatizing events and years of isolation because of said trauma I'm finally getting my life back on track by I'm finishing high school but I have to do it from home, trying to find a job but the job market is awful right now and also trying to socialize and meet people again. So I was wondering how do people meet each other outside of work and school?
I've tried church but its mostly old people, i guess i could try the evening mass on saturday it seems more likely there would be young people at that one or some other church but people arent very practicing where I live. When I go to libraries they are usually entirely empty apart from the people that work there and i guess there's bars but i'de be scared to go alone because my town is not very safe. I've tried the gym but people don't even do small talk so it's impossible to meet and I've tried a pilates class but people didnt seem to talk either.
The only places where i've seen a bunch of young people are at stores but this doesnt seem like a place where you can really meet people for long term friendships or relationships.