In many countries, people find the work location to be different than their hometown and they need to move away from their friends and families. People usually get benefited from this change as they become more independent and mature.
When people need to move to their work location, they have to find a residence for themselves. Therefore, they become more responsible and learn to take decisions. Many a times, when people live with their friends or families, they don’t face many situations where the decision making is tough because solving a problem is much better in a group than doing it alone. Moreover, when people live away from their families, they are supposed to cook or arrange their own food and here they acquire a skill called cooking. In addition to cooking, the prior activites such as buying the required cooking material and some raw ingredients are to be done by themselves which otherwise they might or might not have done.
On the flipside, sometimes people may feel homesick if they are not habitual with living away from home. Furthermore, people may feel tired or exhausted because of the workload or any other reason like commute but still they are supposed to cook or arrange the food for themselves. I had experienced this when I moved to my work location, few initial days were very tough but later on the experince got better.
In a nutshell, moving away from families and friends can be difficult for initial few days, however it is advantageous for the overall personality development. People beome more self dependent and brave.