What is a community, and why should we strive for it?

A community is a group of people who share solidarity, commitment mutuality, and trust. Community plays a crucial symbolic role in generating people’s sense of belonging. Sadly just because people live near each other, doesn’t mean they have anything to do with one another. But if we create interaction and communication, we can share expectations, respect, and tolerance. Living in a strong community can improve achievement, health, happiness and reduce crime rates. We need to gain control, for most of us control can only be gained collectively.