Man, there is absolutely no way you could drag me kicking and screaming back to high school. No way.
College, maybe. But high school? *shudder* I wish I could go back and smack the crap out of ever person who ever told me "oh these are the BEST YEARS OF YOUR LIFE!" so that I thought, basically, that there was NO getting better than that and my life would be that miserable and slavish forever and ever. -_-
Anyhow, back to... not the original topic, but to one of the questions (sorta) spun off it, the "alone in the world" thing just means that you don't have any "kin" yet. Which is sort of like a friends list sort of thing. There are still other players that you may run across (and probably will eventually, for better or worse) though.
If you want to find a location with people, like a city... well... is there a World Map for this world? I just restarted after leaving toward the end of World 4 for a break, so I don't know. If there is, you might be able to find yourself with difficulty on it, then use it to help you find a town, village, city, whatever. Otherwise, your best bet is to just start walking and hope you run across people.
Personally though, I'd just make the most of being a hermit, and learn the ropes.
