community colleges are so good! especially if your college has a transfer program, going to a community college first can give you better odds of getting accepted into colleges and universities, and sometimes can even guarantee you get into them!
and no one cares if you take longer than two years!! I’m planning to graduate with my AA summer 2020, and I started in fall 2016! Nearly everyone I know is taking 3-5 years to transfer. It’s not a big deal.
Its sad it needs to said.
Community college is fine. It’s also fine to not want to go to college at all.
There’s no reason whatsoever for a community college to be anything less than a more expensive one.