As someone who has been to a University and a community college I have to say I enjoy the community college a lot more. The professors are more oriented to individual student success because the class sizes are so much smaller. I also noticed that there tends to be a bit more of a diverse population as far as age when it comes to a community college. In my writing class this term there is people in their 50s all the way to a kid who can't be much older than 15 and every thing in between. I find the discussions in classes with a more diverse age range are more interesting.
Community colleges are also much much MUCH cheaper and some offer programs that rival or beat similar ones found in universities.