Bit of a weird counter-argument: Just make friends wherever you live. Everywhere my wife and I have moved, we’ve just intentionally done things to meet people

Bit of a weird counter-argument: Just make friends wherever you live. Everywhere my wife and I have moved, we’ve just intentionally done things to meet people in our neighborhood. (I.e. Going for lots of walks in the evenings, attending community events, etc) We always manage to make a few good friends that we organically hang out with the way the author describes. I think living communally is cool, and if you can get that worked out, all the more power to you. But it’s very difficult to do for the most part due to the societal norms that dictate how most live their lives.