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* Little Tall Island from StephenKing's ''StormOfTheCentury''. In fact, the villain says that the reason he chose to come to Little Tall was because he knew that they were a close-knit community who could pull together and "do what needs to be done." After the storm, Little Tall arguably moves from this into a TownWithADarkSecret.

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* The Hassidic diamond sellers district in the CrimeAndPunishment film ''A Stranger Among Us''.

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* On {{Discworld}}, the Chalk. Tiffany Aching at one point describes how everyone did so because they knew her grandmother was watching them.

* The Prelapsarians in JohnCWright's ''[[Literature/ChroniclesOfChaos Chronicles of Chaos]]''; they will not move against Olympus while Phaetheusa is hostage, because of their respect for her father, even though he holds no formal position.

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* Although ''DeepSpaceNine'' was primarily an ensemble show, the entire population of the space station may count as this.

QuirkyTown is always one; even ones that aren't quirky often have a high tolerance for eccentrics, town drus, and other unusual and/or dysfunctional characters. {{Arcadia}} is also always a Close-Knit Community, if the matter comes up; it is more likely to come up when Arcadia is contrasted to a ViceCity rather than a DeadlyDecadentCourt. The WrongSideOfTheTracks can also be close-knit, in which case it is not the WretchedHive, and even holds down the crime rate by their quick action against it. This can even be true in a ViceCity, though it is not common, and the community tends to be poorer and have more crime than other close knit communities, because they can only contain the city to a certain extent; on other hand, they will often need each other's support after crimes. CrystalSpiresAndTogas and other ideal cities are more likely to contain neighborhoods of them, than be them, since the characters have to know each other. Common in the towns of TheWestern.

* In ''MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', Ponyville seems to be one of these, judging by Pinkie Pie's claim to know every resident and the degree to which the population volunteers for events like Winter Wrapup.

* In ''MyLittePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', Ponyville seems to be one of these, judging by Pinkie Pie's claim to know every resident and the degree to which the population volunteers for events like Winter Wrapup.

* [[TheLegendOfZelda Link's hometown]] could count as this in most of the games, notably ''Skyward Sword'' and ''Twilight Princess''.

* The Hooverville in the DoctorWho episodes ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS3E4DaleksInManhattan Daleks in Manhattan]]'' and ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS3E5EvolutionOfTheDaleks Evolution of the Daleks]]''.

* Haven, from ''{{Serenity}}''.

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* The Prelapsarians in JohnCWright's ''Chronicles of Chaos''; they will not move against Olympus while Phaetheusa is hostage, because of their respect for her father, even though he holds no formal position.

* On {{Discworld}}, the Chalk. TiffanyAching at one point describes how everyone did so because they knew her grandmother was watching them.

* The Ramblings in ''SeptimusHeap''. Mrs. Beetle stayed there because of it after she was widowed, instead of returning to [[ThickerThanWater her family and her late husband's]] in the Port -- the families would not be as much help.

It is not an ensemble or team -- not even one like a traveling circus -- because the characters do not have a common purpose except on occasion, and incidentally. Most of the time, they go about their own purposes. Their {{Leader}}s act as leaders only in crisis, and merely as {{Reasonable Authority Figure}}s in ordinary time. It also tends to be larger than most TrueCompanions and other groups -- large enough that many residents are only {{Bit Character}}s. While it can range from poor to prosperous, it is seldom if ever rich, and the characters are mostly settled in it, with few moving in or out.

* ''AnneOfGreenGables'' and all its sequels. Anne comments on how all the little old well-meaning ladies visited her before she went to college and their comments, delivered with the sweetness of intentions, made her dread the possibilities.

* Little Tall Island from StephenKing's StormOfTheCentury. In fact, the villain says that the reason he chose to come to Little Tall was because he knew that they were a close-knit community who could pull together and "do what needs to be done." After the storm, Little Tall arguably moves from this into a TownWithADarkSecret.

* Link's hometown could count as this in most of the games, notably Skyward Sword and Twilight Princess.

* It's mentioned several times throughout the EarthsChildren series that residents of any given Cave[[*|Which doesn't always mean a literal cave, it could be a collection of huts. It's just called a Cave.]] look out for each other for their mutual benefit.

->'''Lena''': ''Okay, we may not have anti-aircraft missles or underground lairs, but what we do have is community. We look after each other.''
-->-- '''BlueYonder'''

* On {{Discworld}}, the Chalk. Tiffany Aching at one point describes how everyone did so because they knew her grandmother was watching them.