Rural Georgia colleges do regularly recruit kids from Atlanta to attend them, leading to a more black and urban character than you'd otherwise expect. This does allow many people who would otherwise not be college ready to catch up with remedial classes, as these schools largely just want to keep their dorms full. The price is of course bloated student loans these already underprivileged students get saddled with, but I think it is on balance a positive thing. The only alternative, under this system, is most rural colleges closing their doors.