I get this is a joke, but this is the reason why people are lonely.

When my parents had me and bought a house, they found a neighborhood full of people their age who also were also parents. If you wanted to live near specific friends, you could make that your first priority… Maybe not next door, but a street or two over, for sure.

These days, price is the first concern, location is the second. With car centric infrastructure, you generally are going to have stratification based on your income, and being close to work is critical for mental health. Unless both you and your friends have similar budgets and ideal locations, it takes big sacrifices to live in a place where you can get the socialization we all crave

WFH is helping - but rent is still too damn high