Nothing defines a community like the people who live in it.
In the aggregate, a communities' values are the values of its members. It follows, then, that the healthiest communities will be those with the greatest number of individuals who make a positive contribution. Conversely, the least healthy are those where indifference and negativity prevail. The contrast is as day and night, but while economic factors determine physical amenities, the spiritual essence is the better measure of worth, and it is this that ultimately determines the character of the community and the quality of life which it may offer. This is not to say that economic factors are not important, for they are.