I'm from a small town and I can udnerstand what you're going through. It's really frustrating because there are so few people to talk to and chances are anyone who's worth talking to has probably either been in a relationship or there's been so many terrible approaches and orbiters that it makes it annoying to talk to them.
There's also the risk of getting a reputation which is the problem I'm running into.
I can't speak for all of them, but I would venture to say a decent amount of the veteran guys who consistently pull are in larger towns and cities that have a constantly flow of people to talk to. It's pretty much essential to getting good at this. There's no secret formula or way of doing things other than getting as much practice as possible. It's simply a numbers game.
My advice would be to expand your online game, travel within reason to places with a larger population, or do whatever it takes to get out of the small town and live somewhere with more of a pulse.
Like the saying says, you move to the city to live, and you move to the burbs/country to die.
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As long as the town has a couple thousand people or more, no worries. Women are around. Just speak to them when you see them. You don't need a social event or a bar to speak to a woman.
^ It's socially an uphill battle that often times isn't worth it as I'm finding out. I'm currently in what i consider hell because of the type of reputation you get failing at pick up attempts in such a small pond. It's the story of the big gold fish that gulps everything in a small fish bowl; eventually that gold fish has to shit and boy is it going to suck in a small fish bowl 