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Hospitality shows up in ordinary ways: a spare folding chair at the block party, a library flyer with handwritten notes, a barista who remembers a last name by week two. These towns make room for newcomers without ceremony. Budgets breathe, parks sit close to porches, and community calendars stay full without feeling forced. What this really means is simple. Belonging grows from repeated small gestures. An introduction at the farmers market turns into a pickup…..