If a school is in a smaller state by area, maybe the students go home on weekends. I haven’t found that to be the case. I lived 45 minutes from school, but once I went to school, I never went home. School was too much fun. My daughter goes to a flagship in a small population but huge square mile state. She’s OOS and can get home in 2 hours, but many of the instate students live 6 or 9 hours away. They aren’t hopping home on Fridays.
In a state like NJ or Maryland, many students could get home easily, but don’t go every weekend.