living in a small town is killing me lowkey

i get that living in a small town can have its perks, one being that its much more quiet than the bigger cities, theres not much traffic anywhere, and its more peaceful overall but tbh i just feel like my youth is being thrown away here. i dont mingle with the locals because i do not fit in to their community and i dont really want to, and unfortunately thats so important to the people here because thats how life goes here i guess. like for a getting a job or something you gotta know somoene that knows someone, im very social and extroverted and outgoing whenever im outta this town but whenever im here it just feels super suffocating and idk if itll have long term effects on my psyche but i guess it will, i thought id get into college abroad or in another city but unfortunately i didn't. i got into one righttttt here in this town and god i just dont know how these four years are gonna pass by. all my friends are either online or live abroad and i just feel stuck, idk if this feeling will ever go away tbh.