Whereas the Decatur Metro blog seems to focus on the problems in the Decatur area, inDECATUR mostly celebrates the community of Decatur by posting about different events, including concerts, local store news and fundraisers, but also posts about some troubling issues in the area.
inDECATUR shows itself as an example of how a community should interact and connect with each other by posting stories or local events that bring citizens together to relax and enjoy themselves, like where you can see a big turnout for the Blue Sky Concert and having one every a great time. This blog also shows how connected the community is with each other by posting about a restaurant getting a new sign or a new paint job which shows that the citizens take notice and care about the appearance of their family-run restaurants. Another way that inDECATUR shows the strong community of the city is through the posts about fundraisers from the city wide SkaterAid to the Decatur High School marching band's yard sale so that everyone can come out and support these organizations like a good community should.
However, Decatur still has to worry about crime and other violence despite being a nice community-based city. Earlier this week, two DeKalb county policemen arrested a man who was threatening a young girl with rape. So while this story shows potential danger in Decatur, it also shows how concerned and active its policeforce is in protecting those in need.
Even the blog itself shows how a community should be by using pictures and video to share with everyone and by allowing comments to be added to the blogs to show interaction between citizens and an exchange of ideas and viewpoints on certain stories.
-Thomas Rowe
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