Ehrenhalt's book may be the best of the new literature on community, because rather than waxing poetic about community in the abstract, he describes actual communities.
Ehrenhalt writes about real communities and doesn't describe them vaguely.
Ehrenhalt describes communities with abstract terms.
There are people outside near water.
A man in a red shirt is training a golden retriever.
A puppy is sleeping by the window.
The old lady watches the old man.
A desk is on fire.
A ballerina recital is happening with a bunch of Christmas light