A place is a blessing to its inhabitants.

Lesson plan
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Seminaries, communities
A place of residence is much more than a physical environment, which provides protection from the forces of nature, dangers, and more. The system of connections between a person and the place where he lives consists of physical, emotional, and social needs. This system results in a special emotional connection created between a person and the place where he grew up and lives, a connection that exists naturally for every person regardless of the nature or geo-social status of the place. People's feelings of identification, belonging, and love for the place where they live do not depend on the geo-social status of the place, but a gap can often be found between the social attitude toward people living in a place with a low geo-social status and who feel a connection to the place and the social attitude toward identification of people living in a place with a high geo-social status. The gap in relation to the sense of belonging due to the geo-social status of the place leads to difficulty for those people to explain the reasons for their love of the place and even to internalizing the negative external perception. The natural connection and connection that a person has with his place of residence is a connection that provides a sense of belonging, pride, and the power to act for the benefit of the place and its inhabitants. Identifying the feelings of identification, affection, and strengthening the local forces that form the foundation for these feelings, along with identifying social processes that determine the low geo-social status of the place, will contribute to the development of the place, to people's sense of connection and belonging to it, and to their ability to explain it.