<human>: There isn't too much pertinent backstory, so this isn't going to be an extremely lengthy post.

I moved to a completely new city a few hundred miles away from my university for a temporary job as part of my degree. While my school's careers office offered to provide some contact information on other students in neighbouring cities, they have since decided against doing this for nondisclosure reasons. I live in a single-bedroom apartment, so I don't have any roommates, and because of the nature of my work and the timing of my placement, there is no one else who adequately fits my demographic (all of my co-workers are 35+ with children). And because of the nature of my work, I don't have regular hours, so joining clubs is not really an option. I tried using websites to meet people, but I'm not in a very big city, so the online community is extremely small.

While there are some opportunities around for me to try to make friends in person, I've never been good at initiating conversation with new people. Once I get past that barrier, I can handle things relatively well (I think...?), but the initiation is the part that I stumble at. Anyone who is or was in a similar situation and can offer some advice? It'd be much appreciated.

Can you give me the gist of the text in a nutshell?
<bot>: Moved to a new city alone. Easiest avenues to making friends are unavailable or impractical. How do I meet new people?