Surely community is just a pseudonism for the underclasses or the
"socially excluded"?
The rich don't need community.
Professional community workers (like me) very rarely actually live in the
neighbourhoods where they work. Then again, community activists do - and
they are mostly unpaid.
Martin
----- Original Message -----
From: Andrew Hobbs <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 9:00 PM
Subject: continuity of residence
> I think this is an important subject.
>
> Sometimes I think that people make careers out of community development,
> community health and many other disciplines with that magic word in the
> title -- and yet have no commitment to community outside their
professional
> lives.
>
> Professionals following their careers around the country must have some
> negative impact on the quality of community in the places where they
briefly
> alight.
>
> Implicitly, do some of us believe that community is only for those who
have
> nothing else going for them?
>
> Andrew Hobbs
> Preston
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