Help on the issue of roommates and moving.

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I moved to Atlanta a few years ago, and after living at a crack motel for a while, I found a roommate on craigslist. When I came over for the roommate interview, which I stalled for weeks beforehand until we'd communicated online significantly, I surprised myself by having a six hour conversation with him. We discussed star trek, mostly. And he was ok with my being as odd and awkward as I always am. It's been two years now, and we are very good friends. He's my only friend, in fact, and I don't mind that. After repeat encounters with his older friends coming over, I've learned to tolerate them, as long as they go home eventually.

My apartment is right by my job, and in the heart of the city, so I never have to break my circle and expose myself to the stress of everyone else in the world.

But my roommate is having problems with the next door neighbor and is insisting on moving in November. He wants me to come with him. He also wants to rent a house with enough rooms for more people to live.

Here's the problem: either I stay here and 1) be sundered from my only friend in the southeastern US and a critical support person for me and 2)acquire a stranger to fill his room and disturb my home life

Or
I move into a new place, in a very different neighborhood, and share a house with additional persons, which means not only do these people never leave, but they could bring company of their own to stay.

Both options are completely terrifying and causing me high stress and dysfunction. I want a zero change and there is not much benefit to me. I'm leaning towards going with my roommate, because I believe I am stabilized by him, and if we move to the right neighborhood, I could more easily return to school.

Any advice will be appreciated. I'm quite desperate to regain a sense of equilibrium and learn how to handle potential changes.

You probably already know this from past observation, but either option might not turn out nearly as bad as you build them up to be right now. NTs seem to have the uncanny ability to fly blind through life during major transitions without the level of stress that we experience, not getting hung up on every small possibility of uncertainty. My advice is try to consciously make yourself do the same, and don't let yourself DWELL. (At the same time, don't space out, either, though!) Just accept that all your choices are at least half-chance anyway, and deal with one crisis at a time...

Also, I'd say you might as well try to stick with your friend, because I've noticed that, at least in my case, if I don't work/live with someone, they kinda fall out of my life...