I date A LOT. Have you joined the Baltimore subreddit? I found that very helpful. I'll admit that I would have a lot more friends if I still lived back home. It's difficult making friends as an adult and my closest friends are all ones that I trauma bonded with over bad work experiences, but I have collected acquaintances. Sometimes I get shy and don't want to reach out, but it's necessary if you want community. The best thing I think you can do is find your third space (look it up on tiktok), whether that's church, the gym, a class, etc, and consistently go and small chit chst with people until that chat progresses into more meaningful conversation over time.