Agree with circuitrider’s fine suggestion.
And although I told my kids “no geographic restrictions if the environment/academics are what you are looking for”, that was in the pre-Covid world. I know parents who dropped a kid at college two weeks ago-- and got a text when they were halfway home to come back and pick the kid up. This was an 8 hour drive- so painful. But you’re looking at a much greater distance here.
your parents may be right, or they may be wrong- but it’s WAY too early to to the mats on this!