Here's my unpopular opinion, and I'm making some assumptions for the sake of discussion.
For most of the history of civilization, people would stay in the same place, with their extended family and interact with the community through a church, temple, market, etc.
In the past 100 or so years, 2 things have happened.
1. Career and capital have become prime directive for most people, supplanting family, community, church, etc
2. Transportation is cheap and easy to move away from the few acres you lived in your whole life.
Note that I'm not saying that there is any greater virtue or value to any way of life, and the modern world is certainly more comfortable. But we evolved for millennia in these small (overwhelmingly rural) community units and perhaps our minds still crave that.
For most of the history of civilization, people would stay in the same place, with their extended family and interact with the community through a church, temple, market, etc.
In the past 100 or so years, 2 things have happened. 1. Career and capital have become prime directive for most people, supplanting family, community, church, etc 2. Transportation is cheap and easy to move away from the few acres you lived in your whole life.
Note that I'm not saying that there is any greater virtue or value to any way of life, and the modern world is certainly more comfortable. But we evolved for millennia in these small (overwhelmingly rural) community units and perhaps our minds still crave that.