Collegegrad: No Prob-happy to help.
Piece of advice: (this may seem counter-intuitive) Don’t room with a friend. Rooming together if you have never done that with this friend, will put a strain on your friendship. I’ve seen many friendships fall apart after the two friends roomed together.
Better would be to find an apt close by this friends apt so that you can go over and visit often. That will also (possibly) broaden your circles a bit as you will have your own roommates that you may become friendly with.
Good luck with the move- you are welcome to contact me (not sure how that works with giving contact details on the CR) so I can try and help out with apt’s, and other contacts etc.