How is the community of Petersfield global and local? This question relates to my response for the fourth prompt. Petersfield is global in the fact that well, its part of this world. I know that sound like a really pathetic and watered down answer but think about it. What makes any country or town global? To me its the fact that it has people in it. If nothing any community can share the common ground that it is a working community full of people, that are in one way or another just trying to survive and thrive. Another global aspect of Petersfield is the fact that they rely on products from other parts of the world. They are part of a global trade economy where individual communities are forced to rely on other places to meet the needs of its citizens. Finally I would relate something as simple as having Internet in the community makes Petersfield, not only global, but connected as well.
The local aspects of Petersfield are no different that the aspects I would consider in the determination of my own hometown. The way the people work together within the community to make it better are local and global. Local because they are working specifically to better their community, yet global because this is a common theme everywhere. People trying to be better people. The relationships of the residents of the town make Petersfield local as well. The businesses they share, the roads they travel. Anything that is shared amongst community members help to draw Petersfield together and make it "local".
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