community ties
Neighborhood social bonds
Community ties are the relationships, connections, and bonds that link people to their local area and to one another.
These might include family relationships, friendships, church membership, involvement in local organizations, or simply long residence in a neighborhood.
Strong community ties often factor into legal decisions about bail or sentencing, where judges consider whether someone is likely to flee.
Her deep community ties made her a low flight risk.
The phrase suggests rootedness and mutual obligation rather than mere proximity.
- neighborlinessFriendly conduct toward locals
- front porchCovered entry deck
- kinshipState of being related
- mutual aidCooperative community support
- lending a handProviding assistance to another
camaraderie · heritage · friendship · storytelling · word of mouth · cooperative · customs · trust · traditions · intergenerational · localities · collective identity · belonging · common ground · public spaces · mentorship · shared values · solidarity
- settling downmarriage, marries, homeownership, buying a house, starting a family
- connectionslink, links, connect, connection, tie
- culturemusic taste, beliefs, food preferences, custom, festivals
- communityneighbors, neighborliness, neighborhoods, kinship, mutual aid
- Social Supportfamily support, friendship, trust, loyalty, caregiving
- social capitalconnections, networks, relationships, reciprocity, social bonds
community tiesisolation
Complete separation from others
social isolation · alienation · disconnection · loneliness · estrangement
community tiesatomization
Reduction to fine particles
individualism · disaffiliation · transience · anonymity · uprootedness
community tiesindividualism
Doctrine of personal independence
rugged individualism · self-reliance · autonomy · independence · privacy