Do you (or someone you know) prefer working from home?

There’s a lot of talk in the Bay Area about working from home being forever or at least being an option from here on out. There has been an exodus of people leaving the expensive Bay Area moving to rural communities in California, buying up vacation homes so they can work from home. It surprises me that so many seem to be enthusiastic about working from home. Do people really want to be home all the time, having no work life or friend circle based on work? Do they really want to be around the kids all day? Is there value in work as an escape from home life?