Langford = Community?

I'm not even sure that I live in a community. I feel like I just live in a neighborhood. I like my neighborhood, at least the way it looks, with a lot of big trees and houses that are all more or less different than the one next door. But community? Granted, I consider myself somewhat transient; I have no intentions of staying here when I'm finished with school. There could be a rich community that I don't know about because I haven't bothered to look for it.

So what is my definition of community?

• People know each other in a community;
• there are community events;
• there is something that ties people together, whether it be where they live, what they are interested in or issues that unite them and;
• there is cooperation, trust, and empowerment among community members.

I've noticed that in the mall near where I live there are often events, and they do draw community members. There is an Earth Week celebration coming up, focused on teaching kids about sustainability...at a mall. I am all for teaching kids about sustainability, but there is something depressingly contradictory about doing it at a mall. Despite the place, at least there are events that bring community members together. I would be curious to ask long time residents if they feel they are a part of a community. I feel that my strongest communities are smaller than the "suburb" level, they are the intimate communities based on a shared passion. If other people feel like Langford is a community than it is, even if I don't feel a part of it.