For me, yes. I’ve often gone out of my way to go have coffee with nearby internet strangers. I often go over to my sister’s place to talk instead of just calling her. However, I think that with the proliferation of internet culture and the rising costs of transportation (combined with things like social eating becoming a luxury) many people are resorting to staying home instead of going out. One of the few businesses that is really exploding right now is internet gaming – more people are staying home and dishing out a few bucks for a game they can play for weeks instead of spending three times that amount in one night going out and socializing.