When Small Towns go big or go Organic There was a time when the town I lived in was a small society of farmers and factory workers. The town as a whole believed in hard work, good product, and solid kinship. This was a time when our social structure reflected the principles of mechanical solidarity and Gemeinschaft. The town began to transition around ten years ago as an urban area near us began to spread out and reach our borders. Today, we are still somewhere in the middle and reflect both social structures in different ways. In the next ten years, I believe we will be fully structured as an organic solidarity and Gesellschaft society. For the time being however, Gemeinschaft still dominates, and that is where I will focus. However, I will
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When I go there, my doctor was waiting for me, visibly upset by my charades. I was busted. This is an example of the intimate community where each member looks out for one another and treats them as family. In a town with the Gesellschaft social structure, I would have continued to get away with my shenanigans and would have probably died from a heart problem before I was out of high school.
Lack of Diversity
First and foremost, the strongest characteristic remaining of the mechanical solidarity of our town is the lack of diversity. The people are far more similar than they are diverse. This applies to race, religion, education levels, income, industry type, et cetera. Sadly, I believe this will be the last part of the Gemeinschaft community to go, even though, in my opinion, it is the worst characteristic of it.
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There are of course exceptions, and there has been an increasing number of different jobs on the rise, but most of the population is in one of these three fields.
As you can see, my home is still very much a community aligned with the tenants of the mechanical Gemeinschaft structure. It’s still small, with little diversity and a strong sense of togetherness. Conversely, our society is becoming more and more interdependent on each other with more jobs moving in and less people farming their own land. There are bigger businesses popping up every day replacing all of our mom and pop shops. I suppose it’s a necessary change for a growing population, but I’ll never forget the days where I have a town sized
When I go there, my doctor was waiting for me, visibly upset by my charades. I was busted. This is an example of the intimate community where each member looks out for one another and treats them as family. In a town with the Gesellschaft social structure, I would have continued to get away with my shenanigans and would have probably died from a heart problem before I was out of high school.
Lack of Diversity
First and foremost, the strongest characteristic remaining of the mechanical solidarity of our town is the lack of diversity. The people are far more similar than they are diverse. This applies to race, religion, education levels, income, industry type, et cetera. Sadly, I believe this will be the last part of the Gemeinschaft community to go, even though, in my opinion, it is the worst characteristic of it.
Beliefs and …show more content…
There are of course exceptions, and there has been an increasing number of different jobs on the rise, but most of the population is in one of these three fields.
As you can see, my home is still very much a community aligned with the tenants of the mechanical Gemeinschaft structure. It’s still small, with little diversity and a strong sense of togetherness. Conversely, our society is becoming more and more interdependent on each other with more jobs moving in and less people farming their own land. There are bigger businesses popping up every day replacing all of our mom and pop shops. I suppose it’s a necessary change for a growing population, but I’ll never forget the days where I have a town sized