>I moved to my current neighborhood, Kemp Mill, just north of Washington, D.C., 12 years ago The unspoken truth here is that geographic community requires that

>I moved to my current neighborhood, Kemp Mill, just north of Washington, D.C., 12 years ago The unspoken truth here is that geographic community requires that you can stay in one spot long enough to make the massive investment in building or becoming involved in a local community. Recently I was thinking that I should become involved in local initiatives, or perhaps even local government, until I realised that as a renter not only would I not be here im a few years time, but any actual success I had in improving the local area would just mean a likely rent increase as it became more desirable and gentrified. The fact that I'm shocked and feel blessed that I'm living at the same address for 4 years in a row now makes it obvious how bad an investment trying to becime part of the local community seems to someone like me. In the age of homeownership haves and have-nots, it's natural for local community to break down.