I firmly reject the idea that I must go back to having a commute and give up all the QoL improvements of work from home just so I can sit around the office awai

I firmly reject the idea that I must go back to having a commute and give up all the QoL improvements of work from home just so I can sit around the office awaiting the day we hire someone from out of town, so that I can serve as tour guide and social matchmaker. Furthermore a read through the comments on this thread make it pretty unambiguous that the problem is not restricted to people new to the area.