People living in Mulund/Thane. How often do y'all hangout in Bandra or SoBo?

I recently moved back home (Mulund) after living abroad for a very long time. Ever since I've been trying to socialize a little bit and meet like-minded people either through work or dating. Weirdly enough, 99% of the people I meet live in Bandra, Andheri or Worli. This results in me having to make the commute there every time to hangout with them. I happily did it for a few months knowing that all the new restaurants etc that I wanna try are also in that area but now it's getting pretty tiresome and time consuming. I know I can ask to meet them half way (like Powai) but it's a tough sell and the options are quite limited. For people who live on this side of Bombay and have friends there, what do y'all end up doing?