Eating dinner with friends is a great activity. Getting to live with your friends as roommates seems like a great idea to have fun while living on a budget. Getting to eat dinner every day with your roommates who are your friends sounds great in theory. But maybe it's not as good as it sounds! Living with your friends can bring several issues into the relationship. You could fight because of the cleaning of the shared space, due to the guests each brings to the apartment, and especially due to money issues. Not every friend has the same budget, and getting to live together is going to make that even more obvious.
Some friends never go through with the moving together thing because of the money differences. They can afford different kinds of apartments in diverse places, and getting to an agreement can be hard. But if you decide on that and go on with the move, that doesn't mean that problems end there. You will start to think that most of the qualities that made your friend a great one are actually quite annoying. It may be fun to befriend a funny guy that's never serious, but to live with them… that may not be the smartest decision.
Stories like this abound on the internet and in life. And they are a reminder of how careful we have to be before deciding to move with a friend, especially if we want to remain as such after the living-together period has passed. So be mindful, talk to each other, and compromise. Don't just say yes to anything because your roommate asked. Be especially mindful of how you want to manage your finances and take care of them. A roommate could be found anywhere. Friends are more rare.