People are different. When I applied to school I didn’t even look at those in my home state. I wanted to get away. My husband, on the other hand, didn’t even consider schools out of his home state because he wanted to get home often to see family and friends. My daughter is now looking at schools and has the same inclination that I had. My husband is very puzzled by this. He can’t understand why anyone would want to to be far away from home. It can just comes down to different personalities. Yes money can cause people to limit choices too but I think some people wouldn’t leave even if they had a lot of money.