IMHO this is a mistake. You’re going away to school, so go away. You’ll waste time commuting back and forth, for starters. It’s tiring to do this. And you’ll lose out on one of the big advantages of going away to college. People make new friends their years in college, and a big way to grow these friendships is to spend time with them (duh, right?) which for college students comes down to nites and weekends. If you’re not around on the weekends you’re going to feel largely like a commuter that sleeps near campus weekdays.
CC’s have a role for kids that need a fresh start, or those that are good students and face financial constraints. But there is another, and probably larger, population. With 11 million students, community colleges are home to 45 percent of the collegiate population in the United States. One report found 81.4 percent of students who enter community colleges for the first time planned to obtain a bachelor’s degree in the future, but just 11.6 percent achieved that goal.
See http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/05/community-college-bachelors-degree_n_3373125.html So if you go to your local CC you will be around lots of kids that do little work and ostracize those eggheads that seem to care. it is not the ideal situation if you have other options.