It is a fallacy that creative people find all work inherently interesting. Specially if you are holding a paid job, there will be a mix of interesting, self-actualizing work, and mere grunt work. You'll thrive doing the former but need to exercise will power to complete the later. And if the mix is unbalanced and geared towards the grunt work type (or your life situation forces you to deplete your will at a higher rate than your average peer) you'll benefit from a more structured environment with less opportunities to goof around.
Another point that happens to me, is that my standard setup is at the office. I don't work enough hours from home to justify replicating my cube at home (and on my own dime), so whenever I end up working from home, there's friction: the monitor is smaller (and wrong aspect ratio), the keyboard layout is slightly different, the chair's not ergonomic, etc). I understand this is not an issue for remote workers, but that may help explain the perceived gap between two camps.
Another point that happens to me, is that my standard setup is at the office. I don't work enough hours from home to justify replicating my cube at home (and on my own dime), so whenever I end up working from home, there's friction: the monitor is smaller (and wrong aspect ratio), the keyboard layout is slightly different, the chair's not ergonomic, etc). I understand this is not an issue for remote workers, but that may help explain the perceived gap between two camps.