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Sounds very similar to a friend of mine. He was convinced that peoples' "friend quota" was filled by the time they were thirty. Like you, he found it difficult to make lasting friendships when he moved to a new area with his young family.
I called it then, and I call it now: Bull-dung. Everyone wants close friends. Everyone has room for more. You just need to place yourself in the appropriate social situations to find them.
In high school and college, we go from course to course, interacting with hundreds of people every day that are our age and share our interests. When given these situations we do not develop the social skills required to find friends without these forced interactions.
The others in this thread have made some excellent suggestions. I hope that you cease your pity party and follow their words of wisdom.
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