What Makes a Community?

What – besides living in the same place – makes a group of people think of themselves as a “community”?

• Work together


• Share ideas


• Know each other


• Similarities: ethnicity, race, work


• Public discussion / social discussion about the group


• On each other’s side


• Look out for each other


• Help each other when in need


• Mutual support


• Believing the same things (shared religion)


• Overcoming great problems together


• Social interaction & perception


• Common cause – working together for the same goal


• Rules (formal or informal)


• Governance (formal or informal)