Online interaction must not be allowed or encouraged to replace our real world contact. It should be used when the real world won't work. It's easy to see that the virtual world doesn't hold a candle to the real one. Nor should they. They two are not comparable.
Computers can, at best, transmit glimpses of things from far away.
They can never transmit experiences. There's just too much involved. I can understand how someone that just got through a nasty divorce might want to move far, far away from their former spouse. It's not just the spouse you may want to put behind you, but everything about who and what you were. There's no better way to get a fresh start than to move out of town.