Communal Living, Its Importance and Where to Experience It In Nigeria— Olowora Fawaz
Since the beginning of time, man has always longed for a sense of belonging, the need to be a member of a group, a member of a civil community.
As Abraham Maslow’s Need Theory posits, the urge to make friends and associate with people is inherent in human behaviour.
As a result, the need for a reinvented living that accommodates this need, while maintaining the distinct feature of human nature, such as privacy, is not unfounded.
In this article, the essence of communal living is explored and its importance and the best place to get it in Nigeria, outlined.
Communal living is a culture of people or a group of people cohabiting together in the same space or community. This way of life promotes the essence of togetherness and shared identity.
This approach to living underlines the shared identity of a group of people. Hence, the need to explore the benefits of communal living in its entirety.
Social Support: Living in a community of like personalities promotes a sense of support amongst the residents. It directly increases the tendency to offer help and assistance amidst ensuing challenges. This feature serves as a great leverage for residents in a communal living setting.
Increased Collaboration: In communities, residents develop the increased urge to cooperate and collaborate with each other towards shared goals and activities. In a way, these collaborative efforts birth positive growth to the community’s development.
Sustainability: Communal living fosters the simplicity of rural living, which can influence group activities like night gatherings, and community engagements which in turn allows for proliferation of a sustainable community.
By ‘sustainable community’, we mean residents can easily develop a sense of responsibility towards activities like waste disposal and management that affect the community as a whole.
Enhanced Security: A community that have a shared identity promotes individual’s sense of responsibility in the community, which in turn improves the security of the community.
Cultural Exchange: A shared community is like a pool of coloured balls containing red, blue, white, green, and other varying colours. Think of these colours as the culture of individual residents, which mixes together with the others to form a new, adopted culture.
By implication there is cultural exchange, which reflects the community’s unity while maintaining diversity.
Having established the advantages of communal living, it is noteworthy to mention the best place to experience this lifestyle in Nigeria.
Introducing Civic Residence, a community of civil residents.
Built solely for civil residents, with a unique building type and lifestyle, Civic Residence, an estate of smart bungalows and lands, is the perfect place to be.
Seated in the glory of privacy, this estate fosters the longing for individuality amidst the thirst for social interaction.
Civic Residence is the pioneer of a new living, one that respects the privacy of others despite fostering a community of individuals with shared values.
Author: Olowora Fawaz
Olowora Fawaz is the Media and Content Manager of Gidi Real Estate Investment Limited.
