You’re right, of course. Personally, I went from a very small suburban high school to the largest college (on one campus) in the country and loved it. And regarding The Tide, I tend to root for ‘Bama unless they’re playing OSU. Lot of respect. Saban being a player for and graduate of Kent State, and former OSU and Browns assistant, helps. Combined, the traditions of the two schools are massive.
I grew up pulling for OSU—being from the backwoods of Oregon. Go Beavers!
I went from a very large rural high school to the largest of the Ivies and hated it, even though for an Ivy it was pretty rural. I’ve sometimes wondered if I would have liked Dartmouth better.
That said, thanks to Franciscan University of Steubenville and Oregon having a lousy economy, my parents and all three of my sisters ended up in Ohio within about an hour of Columbus. My brother is the only one left on the right side of the Mississippi.