need advice on making friends as well as other things

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Hello, my name is Brandon and I'm 22 yrs old and am a college student. I have diagnosed with aspergers when I was 10 or 9 yrs old and have been having trouble making friends since. Now however I have some friends but not a whole lot. You see I'm in a high crime rate area as well as a poverty filled town and I've stayed away from people who participated in activities such as doing drugs, stealing and etc. The only two places where I could make friends and not be near those bad influences was the library in the town as well as church and college. I've noticed my social skills were kind of off and probably needed working. I've started a while back before noticing this, going to a support group that is for people with autism spectrum disorder but every time I go, the doctor seems like he's pushing people to move into group homes as well as saying the same things over and over. Now a little about me you need to know, is that I have this high abillity to discern whether such as a certain situation is bad or good or another way for example I can read people by and tell if they have good intentions or bad, whether they're lying or telling the truth as well as other things. It sounds unbelievable I know but it's the truth. However, with or without this abillity I have also had a hard time making friends at the college and have even turned to reading self help books and none of the techniques worked, what can I do that will help me get friends and make me more socialable? I've noticed that I was starting to turn shy and also feel like I'm doing something wrong. Please help! Advice greatly appreciated.