Loving Where You Live May Help Your Local Economy

In the digital age, where one can easily connect with like minded people half a world away, technology is redefining the concept of “community. Does a sense of place really matter anymore?
As it turns out, place does matter greatly. A three-year study has found that people’s love for their community may be a leading indicator for economic growth. Also, the top three things that make people passionate about their community are not what you might think. Jobs, the economy or even basic services didn’t top the list.
Instead, the leading three factors are:

• a community’s social offerings, or whether it has places where people can gather and meet;
• its openness, or how welcoming it is to many different types of people;
• and its physical beauty, or aesthetics.

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