I've worked in a lot of offices, and I've spent almost 10 years working remotely. I would give the advantage to remote work in terms of social interaction because I can hold several conversations at once over chat.

Then again, my remote work was designed that way, not some half-assed thrown-together-at-a-moment's-notice poor-man's copy of a centralized office system. If you don't plan to succeed you're probably not going to succeed. That does not make the goal unworthy, but it does makes your effort unworthy.