On Tue, 21 Mar 2017 09:53:18 -0000, Janet > wrote:

>In article >,
says...
>> Subject: Would you share a coffee grinder?
>> From: Wayne Boatwright >
>> Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking
>>
>> On Mon 20 Mar 2017 10:05:01a, jmcquown told us...
>>
>> > [quoted text muted]
>> > Now they're they're asking for pillow cases. And baskets. For an
>> > Easter Egg hunt. Oh, BTW, please make, decorate, dye and *donate*
>> > the boiled Easter Eggs.
>> >
>> > Jill
>>
>> These people sound like a nut case. If they are too poor, needy, or
>> lazy to provide the bsics for themselves, you don't need them in your
>> life. You don't ned them in your life.
>>
>> I can't believe the gall.
>>
>
> ??? It's a social community. People buy into those places because they
>want to be part of a community.
>
> Real communities share activities, resources, and support each other.
>Nothing to do with wealth or poverty.

"Social" is a European concept. Americans are more about "me, myself
and I".