My daughter visited colleges up and down the East Coast - but ended up accepting one that was 30 minutes away, because it was objectively the best choice. However, for the first semester she immediately dismissed the suggestion that it would be okay if she forgot to pack something since it could just be dropped off. She wanted to FEEL as if she truly had left home, not take the easy way out.
That lasted about one semester. After that, the “newness” of the experience had vaned and pragmatism set in. We still only saw her one or twice the semester, but she by then was perfectly fine dropping off/pickup up suit cases to swap seasonal clothes, or asking for a forgotten charger to be dropped off.
In later years, she made regular trips to our home town, not to be home with us, but to meet up with peers (and enjoy free dinners from us).
On the downside, now she attends grad-school FLIGHT-hours away, and now both sides are finally learning to deal with the “real” separation.