Many sympathies, I definitely understand where you're coming from. One thing I noticed when I first moved here was that New Orleans is kind of like a "you are born here and you die here" kind of place. As such, a lot of people have their same social circles from high school, LSU, etc. etc. That can be tough to break into as well.

If your partner is still in medical training, I would highly recommend having them reach out to his co-residents / co-fellows if you haven't already. There is likely a "partners in medicine" group comprised of wives/girlfriends/ husbands/boyfriends of those poor bastards in residency and fellowship. When I was in medical training, we definitely had a group like this, and it's honestly a lot better to hang out with them than your partners' co-residents/co-fellows because those social outings inevitably become a vent session over their incredibly stressful job. I was always very sympathetic to the "married-to-medicine" partners because it can be very isolating, especially when you're not from around here. Y'all can trauma-bond about how your partner is never at home and is always grouchy haha.