The social aspect is what hurts the most. If you refuse to spend money (whether it be alcohol, coffee, or whatever) to meet with someone, you quickly run out of places to meet at. At the more metropolitan cities, luckily there are sometimes still parks you can visit (weather allowing, at daytime), or you can go for a walk. But to live in a suburban wasteland felt like the possibility of doing anything outside of your homes together was slim.
I think this has gotten better, as country starts to address how un-walkable, un-natural much of it is.