The comment about it getting a little repetitive after 2 years is a common saw at smaller rural schools. Yes, there is a lot going on every weekend. It encourages mixing between the classes so you will have good friends gradiating a year or two before and after you.And it’s one of the reasons that students take time abroad as well as make occasional weekend trips. But you may be really ready to move on when you graduate. (Not a bad thing!) Of course, there are people who aren’t excited about all this “community”, so it’s never going to be a great option for them.
The alternative is a school at which much of the energy, particularly for upperclassmen, is dissipated into the nearby city. Friend groups make trips together but aren’t necessarily mixing with the students in the classes below them. I have family members who have chosen both. Neither is better, just different. But for me, the tight community that comes from having to make your fun with other folks is preferable. If you want to do a city when you graduate (or grad school ), it’ll be there. @circuitrider echoes my sentiment fully.