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Finding Your Community: The Quiet Strength of Pennyville

By @thepennyvilleview

When people ask me what makes a neighborhood actually work, I usually point them toward something small. Not a new transit line or a big-box store, but a single block of houses where neighbors know each other by name. That kind of organic connection doesn't happen by accident. It grows out of design choices, social habits, and a certain willingness to invest in shared space. Over the past few years, I have spent time in a handful of communities that try to do this intentiona