It really depends. It sounds like in your case those things (friends, etc.) Are work focused. That's the case for many folks. In my case my friends are mostl

It really depends. It sounds like in your case those things (friends, etc.) Are work focused. That's the case for many folks. In my case my friends are mostly not work focused. I have tons of friends I made at work, but work is not the primary way in which I engage with them. I guess what I'm trying to say is that my experience is exactly the opposite. When I work from home I see my friend who runs the local Cafe, I see my friend for lunch, I spend more quality time with my wife and family, and chosen friends. Work from home is not like Stephen King style, a lone warrior in a cabin in the middle of the woods. Some people get their community from work, some don't. That is not dependent on work from home or not, it's a conflating metric.