I rather like this community. It make not have a physical presence (other than a server which I believe is in Wigan), but people have common interests which they talk about and are willing to help each other in a variety of ways, some of which even extend to the real world.

Dispite our differences it is move cohesive than many real life communities and it is more tolerant of new comers, as long as they follow a few basic rules. The real world has a lot to learn from Internet forums and that may be why this was where the Forest Hill Society was founded.

No community can exist without taking account of the dangers and risks from the wider society. It is for this reason that offices, schools, hospitals and synagogues all require security systems. However good a community it does not mean that there are no threats from the outside world. I do not believe schools in Forest Hill having buzzers or fences makes it a 'bad community'.