I hear you man, I'm religious but not of a particular denomination, kind of my own thing but I'm looking for ways to connect with people to make friends, sadly. I could likely fake it to do that I think!
I can imagine that being a white guy in a buddhist group is likely a situation where people that are legit. I know there are a lot of people who aren't genuine on stuff like that!
Do you have any neighbors that aren't shitbags?
Both my direct neighbors are upper middle class Mexican families that don't speak much English. House across the street is a cool dude, but wildly different interests. He thinks I'm hella richer than I am and is always telling me his new financial plans that sound like pyramid schemes. I think he may be an alcoholic too, I like to party but drinking alone is sad.