I don't think it would have been a problem (and it wasn't a problem) until I started WFH.
There's a huge difference between a place you can live in while being out of the house for ten hours a day on weekdays and whenever on the weekend and a place you basically are stuck in.
I'm in an expensive city because the job I got is in the center of it. If I knew I could work from home forever I could move further out, or to another state. I think I'd have been much happier in this case.
I am moving into a place that does seem to have roommates more aligned to my own interests. A bit more space too. My current apartment was mostly as a result of not having much time/funds to move and needing to do it quickly and cheaply.
It doesn't always work out but sometimes it does and can be great.
That, and it sounds like the space isn't great for you to be cooped up in