I don’t think it is necessarily true that most CC posters make those assumptions, or that they strongly disdain community colleges. However, if your target is a community college, then why would you need a forum like this? In most cases, you have one local choice. Even if your target is a relatively low-cost state university, in most cases you’d be choosing from a fairly small number of schools that are relatively familiar to your GC, fellow students, or neighbors. College Confidential tends to be more helpful for posters who (for whatever reason) are shopping in a bigger market space (one that includes colleges that are relatively selective, distant, and yes, expensive).