The two are usually dependent on each other. It is useful to think of neighborhoods as the body for its communities' soul, spirit and mind. The neighborhood provides its communities food, shelter, livelihood, and a place for communities to come together. South Side youngsters playing a traditional game of hand jive.
Interesting things happen when communities meet and cultures overlap.
The physical trappings of a thriving neighborhood are easy to spot. Their commercial districts have stores in every storefront. Commerce and industry are how neighborhoods make a living. How neighborhoods make a life, though, is by taking care of its community members' health and spiritual well-being. For that it needs churches, temples, hospitals, senior homes, child care centers.