You ought to have choices to choose. The problem with remote working is that you are stuck with Whatever people you already knew. And I say this as someone who

You ought to have choices to choose. The problem with remote working is that you are stuck with Whatever people you already knew. And I say this as someone who loves remoting. But most of our friends in the new city we live in are the wife's colleagues and 1 or 2 ex colleague's of mine. There was a thread in Reddit some time ago, about how difficult it is to make goodfriends on your 30s. Lack of options surely would exacerbate this.