How do you define the idea of "community?"
From Merriam-Webster Dictionary:
1: a unified body of individuals: as
a : state, commonwealth
b : the people with common interests living in a particular area; broadly : the area itself <the problems of a large community>
c : an interacting population of various kinds of individuals (as species) in a common location
d : a group of people with a common characteristic or interest living together within a larger society <a community of retired persons>
e : a group linked by a common policy
f : a body of persons or nations having a common history or common social, economic, and political interests <the international community>
g : a body of persons of common and especially professional interests scattered through a larger society <the academic community>
2: society at large
3 a : joint ownership or participation <community of goods>
b : common character : likeness <community of interests>
c : social activity : fellowship d : a social state or condition
What other words come to mind when you think of "community"? What images come to mind?
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