morning read blog post instantly made mind race raring write blog post love post revved today rebecca thorman blog modite ruin local community words ruin local community make heart race rebecca's post gave reasons fear things love life deep sense place people live parks front porches parents walking children sidewalks school cafes libraries farmers markets bike things rebecca working local communities collapse housing market prominence facebook serving chief community-builder makes good points committing home prevent committing community house issue dear you've read post turning point street address here's part comment left rebecca's blog house owned owning home neighborhood change feel community interact invest committed people parks years bought current home feeling extremely restless unhappy circumstances change buying house represented turning point symbolized deliberate decision embrace thought entire generation people worries feels tied feel addicted options possibilities refusing commit affects respond committed concrete began open caring people places caring knew hurt lost acts compassion abstract concreteness rooted physical geographic place connects care people concerns joining twitter concern rebecca's post prompted revisit effect online communities give show compassion you're active twitter you're presented times opportunities give well-known organizations american heart association opportunities respond natural disasters grassroots pleas twitter meet rent payment avoid evicted people utilizing twitter creative ways part wonderful twitter vehicle philanthropy lots people generous make happen twitter face making easy give great concern ways give today removed physical communities day-to-day lives gen-y phenomenon giving easy on-line makes feel good checked to-do list important give food bank helps feed families kids local school eye-opening give soup kitchen volunteer time meaningful give money teenagers church poorest counties build houses habitat humanity hear stories return sense concrete physical community dissolves acts compassion abstract cease compassionate 