Working on cars alone VS having a few buddies around....

One of the reasons that I started this thread is that I really miss having friends over here. It used to be more common to have people over to do engine swaps, transmission replacement, body and paint, sometimes scrapping a car. Sometimes the work was on my car, sometimes theirs.
I'm considering a move out of state and know that it will take awhile to meet and befriend new car guys.....meaning that I'll be doing the stuff alone awhile.