I had the same bonding experience in most of the workplaces I worked at. You can also get it by going to a co-working space and participating in the local life.

What happens most of the times is that from every place I keep 1-2 people I'm really friends with and the rest stay in my extended network.

My closest friends are currently from my high school, from the startup scene in a place I lived 8 years ago and from a few employers in the past. None of them live near me.

My friends from college kind of disappeared.