The Perfect Community

After reading the essay on ghettos and their fortification, I have decided to make my perfect community on farmland about an hour from Detroit. The reason for this is because I do not feel that I could build a perfect neighborhood and have the sense of community if the people living there are worried for their safety.

The perfect community would involve like-minded people coming together with the best of all worlds. Everyone would have their own home, something not too big or not too small. There would be a large central area to meet and play which would have either a pool or a lake for swimming. People from all different backgrounds and who would have much to offer the community would live there. They would grow their own food, probably a few would be responsible for that job, there would be farm animals for meat and eggs and agriculture. The people responsible for growing the food would be paid, it would not be a volunteer service. Although the community would be a little more natural-minded than most, electricity and internet are in use. Many people are able to make use of the internet for work and make money in that way. As far as worship goes, let the people who live there decide what works best for them. They may not have a large place to worship, but everyone should be able to worship the way that works best for them.

Everyone's needs would be heard and the best way to meet those needs would be discussed. Everyone would be equal in this community, everyone's contribution would be just as important as the contribution of someone else. Activities would be found that everyone would like to participate in as well as individual activities.

Because this community would be in the country, it would be open with access all around.