Nearchos

Check out Pattern 15: Neighborhood Boundary from A Pattern Language 

This one seems a bit strong on the implementation. I can get on board with the boundary conception tho. It does reflect a seemingly innate human proclivity: 

Tribalism


Activating this on a neighborhood level has precedent. Famous ones like Harlem or Compton come to mind. 

In smaller cities it often was as simple as the colloquialism "the other side (of the tracks, river, some physical boundary)".

But what I don't see are examples of this kind of cultural structure encouraging positive sum collaborative engagement. It's usually polarizing and reinforcing division and competition. 

So to me, the challenge boils down to the same issues we're facing with web3:

Enabling positive sum human collaboration.

We don't have to throw tribalism out with the PvP bathwater. We just need to provide the tools and systems necessary to enable an alternative. 

But what we can't do is just throw walls up around our communities and expect it to work.