<human>: I've been "in the game" for about 9 months. That is, I had a realization about 9 months ago that if I wanted to find someone I would have to take action, not just let them come to me. This was partially due to being friend-zoned (by the person I now live with, but that's a different story)..

I've been looking exclusively online. I've gone on quite a few dates (never gotten farther than the 2nd date..), been in a sort of relationship (online only) with someone who lived 5 hours away, made a few new friends, and lost my v-card. So, not completely a loss, but..
I've still never gotten past the 2nd date. And at the moment I pretty-much have zero active prospects.

I'm not the type who's really looking for casual sex, I'd like a relationship. I also admit that I have fairly high standards (mostly in terms of intellect and personality, physical attraction isn't that big of a deal to me). I live in a largeish town in the midwest, but there are seemingly very few people in the area who are really "my type". I know that I could find someone and do well if I could simply *find them*. 
Dating is a numbers game and if I restrict myself to those people who make profiles on a website I'm going to end up losing in the end.

Can you condense the text into a few key points?
<bot>: I live in a big town that doesn't have lots of people who I really identify with. Been trying the online gig but not having much luck. Where do I meet people?