Honestly it's not that there isn't enough people here to do stuff. I just don't think the ones that do care to share it with anyone as they have the people they need. Just complicates things.
If you stay on a less populated server, or transfer to one, you will be met with the same fate: Tight knit LS's that already have the people they want and do not need more.
So looking in that direction for an LS is, for the most part, a fruitless endeavor.
You will find a much larger selection of shouts and LS's looking for new people on larger populated servers (IE: Asura) which seems like what you are looking for if you just want to "stay doing things".
In the long run, at this stage of the game, it's only a name.
After a decade I had to change mine. Does it change who I am? Nope.