QUESTION

If you could snap your fingers and create the perfect community what would it
look like? What are its characteristics? What kinds of opportunities shall it give to
achieve stability and sustainability? What are the resources that should be available
for the members of the community?
REACTION PAPER
I always imagine a perfect community as a good provider of the basic needs
of its inhabitant, so that it can sustain the necessity of its people. It can provide
enough comfort/shelter, foods, reliable transportation, occupation, security, and a
leisure space. For me, these factors sum up a perfect community, they can continue
their living without going outside their community.
Some people say that it is better to live in a rural area because it has a
calming environment because the type of living in there is simple and relaxed
while in the urban area is complicated. And in rural areas, they have the direct
contact with nature while in urban area we can say that is isolated from nature.
Both type of living has the same necessity to live. There are just some factors that
lacks in each other. I believe that it can be attained by a good community planner
and with the cooperation of its dwellers.
A perfect community should provide shelter, a home that maximizes the use
of natural resources. Fresh foods, a community that has its own farm/even if it is in
a city. Urban farm should be normalized so that we are assured that we are
consuming a freshly planted goods. It should also provide a decent jobs that is
enough for its people so that they can sustain their living. A reliable public
transportation is one of the most important factors, it is one of the linkages that a
community needs and it can affect the other factors. Secured environment is also a
good factor, it will assure the safety of its dwellers. Lastly, leisure space is
important especially to the hardworking people in the community. They need a
place where they can vent out their stress from their everyday work. It can also
balance the lifestyle of an individual.