Advantages Of Living In A Tight-Knit Community
To me, one of the advantages of living in a tight-knit community would be the sense of belonging. As human beings, we all crave to “belong” or to be part of something. Living in a close-knit community gives us the sense of belonging when we live amongst people who share the same religion, racial background, tradition or even a way of life. However, with the feeling of "belongingness" comes with lack of diversity. Living in a community without people of different racial groups, we tend to have a limited cultural awareness and racial understanding. The absence of diverse ethnicities influences us to make false “presumptions” about other cultures, presumptions that in my opinion, we would not make if we live in a community with different racial