On Thu, 11 Mar 2004 10:18:02 -0800, "Chambers"
<bdc### [at] yahoocom> wrote:

>"IMBJR" <no### [at] spamhere> wrote in message
>news:bf0v401b6a226tggr50cppppq26k984oqa@4ax.com...
>> Try comparing this place and its sister groups to, say, a village or a
>> city - both communities of differing scale. That will ensure that one
>> will see that this is a merely drop in the ocean of human interaction.
>
>I live in a city of approx. 500k residents, and I lived in a city of 6m
>residents for 2 years.  I never saw anywhere near the "community"
>interaction that occurs here.  I know the names of only one other couple in
>my apartment building.  Modern suburbia has killed the concept of
>"community".  So don't try to say that a large city is a community and these
>forums are not.

Perhaps your personal circumstances have not permitted it, but every
city is a hive of cummunities that buzz with activity - from social
groups, places of shared entertainment, support networks, open spaces.
They are more of the community fabric that you would like to think.

>
>As for a village, I couldn't say because I've never seen a real one.  I
>don't know if any even exist, at least here in the Pacific NW.

Really? Are all the places conurbations and cities now? That's a pity.

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