Perhaps I should have specified “bachelor’s degree granting colleges and universities” of comparable academic quality and reputation, since I know that two year community colleges exist. But also, it seems that community colleges are heavily disdained around these forums, meaning that they are not seen as being of comparable academic quality and reputation by most posters here (whether or not that is true for what they do offer).
Yes, there are four year commuter-based universities. But such schools like CSUDH and CSULA are not generally viewed as competitors to more residential schools like UCLA and USC. The question really is, supposed if a school had what a student considered academic quality and reputation comparable to UCLA and USC, but the otherwise was more like CSUDH and CSULA, would many students choose it, even at a significantly lower price.