The obvious solution seems to be: Become better at making new friends. Just because you happen to be friends with that person who lives two hours away from you

The obvious solution seems to be: Become better at making new friends. Just because you happen to be friends with that person who lives two hours away from you doesn’t mean that they actually are, out of all the people within a two hour radius from you, the person most suited to being friends with you. Instead, most friendships are the result of mere coincidences. For instance, most friendships result from school, university or work. And while the element of having a shared history might be somewhat important for a friendship, I would venture to guess that the real reason we ended up making friends there was that outside circumstances pretty much forced us to get to know the other person, thereby creating the opportunity for friendship to emerge. So the real question becomes: Can you make friends with new people when there are no outside circumstances forcing you into contact? Are you able to be your own cause?