I think whether you live close or far away it has nothing to do with how
much you love your family. Sometimes for financial reason or others reasons it just not possible to live near your family.

I have a very close family. All of my sisters and I live no more than 6 miles from each-other.
When we married we all rented or bought homes as close to our parents as possible.
For us it works and we try to get together every Sunday for Brunch.
As for my neices and nephews, they live near school or closer to where their job is, but none of them live more than an hour away. (If they had to live further to get a job or go to school they would.)