New friends, same values. If the upgrade costs your standards, it’s not an upgrade.

Moving into a different circle can look like progress while quietly costing the things that made you worth knowing. Access is a real benefit, and it turns expensive when the price is what you are now willing to tolerate. A room worth being in does not ask you to lower anything. If it does, it is charging you rather than lifting you.

When a new group wants you to be someone you would not defend later, see the request for what it is. Keep at least one older friend who will tell you the truth. Check in with them now and then.