Spider...
Join various clubs. I joined the rock climbing club here in my small town. And as it turned out one of the people I met there was a really cool guy. We're great friends now. Going to the mountains to rock climb in November. I met all of his friends, and some of 'em are cool people too. Even more friends.
Then I got close to his friends, who inroduced me to their friends.
From this ONE guy, I made about 10 new awesome friends, who I see quite often, in about 5 months.
In fact, the more I see these people, the better friends we become.
So as the saying goes: "Join a club..."
luck!