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Yes, but students don't make that choice. Parents do.

You don't think parents make decisions based on what they believed to be in their child's best interest?

If they can’t afford to, they don’t. Welcome to America. Most working people here simply don’t have this kind of flexibility.

I'm not sure why this is getting downvoted... it's true. If you can't afford to move, you don't.