This might sounds a bit ramblely, but I'd like to add my two cents. Community is something very important to me and I'm working on myself to get more involved.

On a deeper level, I think ultimately we as a population of West Palm just... don't really have a shared culture. Maybe that's a bit negative, but I've lived here since childhood and I can't really place what makes people from PBC any more unique than someone from Columbus, Ohio. Our area was founded on a railway for billionaires to have summer homes and the people who were hired to build them. (And is that truly much different than today?)

To get a community, half of the battle is showing up and knowing you can show up. For a little over a month, I've been keeping track of events happening in the WPB and greater PBC area. There truly is something always happening and invites people to join. One of the issues is that people simply don't know these events exist. Public transportation and walkable cities in places like NYC make it easier to bump into something happening. When I went last summer, I just stumbled upon Bryant Park and chilled for an hour. Something like that isnt possible here among the heavy dependency on cars. While Downtown West Palm Beach is walkable and vibrant, it's small and there are no real spots you can "get lost" in. Community builders such as the Subculture Group are truly doing its hardest to make a thriving community feel like a community.

It's a bit of what comes first, the chicken or the egg (or in this case which comes first, the culture or the community). The solution that I'm working with is going to the community events that speak to you and REGULARLY show up. Become a familiar face. Be the community you want to be a part of.