Because the further you are away from the original members, the further away you are from the people who did a lot of the work to create the community in the fi

Because the further you are away from the original members, the further away you are from the people who did a lot of the work to create the community in the first place. As the community approaches its peak, every new member gets to enjoy the increasingly polished community, but lacks the respect needed for the work required to get that polish. Eventually, the inmates take over the asylum, and the original members leave.