Jardines de Caparra is one of the many urbanizaciones (neighborhoods) were I'd live. It's located out the number 2 road on Bayamón, PR. Jardines, as is it commonly known, it had its better days. Its always been a blue collar neighborhood with an elementary, middle, and high school, its own supermarket, cafeteria, bakery, barber shop, and recently its own train station, but recent events concerning the economy of the country had taken a toll on Jardines. The once proud urbanización is decaying. There is still a supermarket, but its shells are half empty and the prices are ridiculous. The bakery and the cafeteria are gone, replaced by a McDonald's and a Church's, and the schools definitely have seen better days.
Out of this chaos, the people of Jardines decided to fight back. Using the social network Facebook they formed an informal community of residents and former residents. The only two requirements for admission is to live, or to have ever lived, in Jardines and to have a Facebook account. . The Facebook community is classified as a "group" and since it is Facebook there is not a membership fee. The last time I checked, 30 seconds ago, it had 1,097 members. People of the community post events, fund raisers, sale and wanted ads, and there is a lot of "did you remember..." going around. Browsing thru the page I notice that there is no average age to be found in it users. Both the old and the young seen to post with equal freedom. I posted this unusual community because I think it was a good idea. People should create conscience and pride about their communities. It tell your story and the memories are always going to be there.
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