Close-Knit Community: Difference between revisions

A [[Close -Knit Community -- whether]]—whether a village, a scattering of country farms, a city neighborhood -- isneighborhood—is a place where people know their neighbors and look after them.

It is not an ensemble or team -- notteam—not even one like a traveling circus -- becausecircus—because the characters do not have a common purpose except on occasion, and incidentally. Most of the time, they go about their own purposes. Their [[Leader|Leaders]]s act as leaders only in crisis, and merely as [[Reasonable Authority Figure|Reasonable Authority Figures]]s in ordinary time. It also tends to be larger than most [[True Companions]] and other groups -- largegroups—large enough that many residents are only [[Bit Character|Bit Characters]]s. While it can range from poor to prosperous, it is seldom if ever rich, and the characters are mostly settled in it, with few moving in or out. The widowed may remain there instead of returning their families because they know they can get help there, and their families would be colder.

[[Quirky Town]] is always one; even ones that aren't quirky often have a high tolerance for eccentrics, town drus, and other unusual and/or dysfunctional characters. [[Arcadia]] is also always a Close-Knit Community, if the matter comes up; it is more likely to come up when Arcadia is contrasted to a [[Vice City]] rather than a [[Deadly Decadent Court]]. The [[Wrong Side of the Tracks]] can also be close-knit, in which case it is not the [[Wretched Hive]], and even holds down the crime rate by their quick action against it. This can even be true in a [[Vice City]], though it is not common, and the community tends to be poorer and have more crime than other close -knit communities, because they can only contain the city to a certain extent; on other hand, they will often need each other's support after crimes. [[Crystal Spires and Togas]] and other ideal cities are more likely to contain neighborhoods of them, than be them, since the characters have to know each other. Common in the towns of [[The Western]].

However, a [[Town with a Dark Secret]] does not qualify, since all the townsfolk are united in the purpose of keeping their secret, and probably with the activities involved in it -- andit—and similiarly with an [[Uncanny Village]]. A [[Wrong Genre Savvy]] protagonist may take one of those for this trope, or this trope for one of those, or the story may have such a fake out.

Because of their mutual support, plots involving the Close -Knit Community either

# Have an outsider -- oftenoutsider—often one burned out on [[In Harm's Way]] -- learn—learn the [[Home, Sweet Home|value of community]] and settle down from his [[Walking the Earth]]. Often a subplot of the first, but it is not required.

* The Ramblings in ''[[Septimus Heap]]''. Mrs. Beetle stayed there because of it after she was widowed, instead of returning to [[Thicker Than Water|her family and her late husband's]] in the Port -- thePort—the families would not be as much help.

== [[Live Action Television]]: ==

* The Hooverville in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episodes "[[Doctor Who/NS/Recap/S3 E4S29/E04 Daleks in Manhattan|Daleks in Manhattan]]" and "[[Doctor Who/NS/Recap/S3 E5S29/E05 Evolution of the Daleks|Evolution of the Daleks]]".

** In one episode, a stranger came to town and acted all close -knit, which creeped everybody out. Turns out he was planning to move to Maberry and subscribed to the local paper so he knew what everyone was up to.

* In ''[[Blue Yonder]]'', [https://web.archive.org/web/20150920212201/http://www.blueyondercomic.net/comics/1201813/blue-yonder-chapter-1-page-13/ Claremont Apartments]. The washed-up superheroes there work together and protect each other and it.

** [https://web.archive.org/web/20121225082703/http://www.blueyondercomic.net/comics/1213691/blue-yonder-chapter-1-page-15/ Yuri explains to Jared how his careless actions affect everyone.]

== [[Western Animation]]: ==

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