As Neo said, just be polite and friendly, but not too friendly. It is a good idea to sort of sit back and discover who is who, as far as the troublemakers, jerks, druggies, etc. You can't tell sometimes at first meet. Once you determine which folks are appropriate, you can open up a bit more to them and see if a friendship develops. It sucks to be lonely, but some times it is a good choice at first. If you get labeled stuck-up or even worse names, so be it. Those are the folks you didn't want to be friends with anyway! You will meet decent people, you must just be picky in this day and age or you will get into trouble.
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