I will respect your parents suggestion and not talk about cost. No reason for anyone to make a tough decision tougher by introducing a criteria you have specifically been told by your parents to ignore.
I think you need to be introspective and make a call. My bigger advice is once you make that call never look back. Two great options!!
Thank your parents for giving you the ability to “ignore” costs. I would take their advice and ignore that aspect of the discussion on CC.