I always hear people out if they think it's important enough to tell me about. (Especially those who I am close to.) Ultimately, though, it's my decision. I think that it's often not about the logical arguement, but what the conclusion will mean personally to each person.
There might be ways to skip the whole arguement and cut to the root of the problem. Maybe he just wants you stay because he misses you, but he's just not saying it like that. I can't know for sure, of course, because I'm very limited on information. But what if you were like, "Look, bro, I know we're going to be far apart and we'll miss each other, but we'll still see each other as often as we can and we'll keep in touch through emails and stuff too. I really think this will be better for me if I move somewhere else."
I don't want to pretend like I actually know what I'm talking about, I'm just offering my perspective on it.
