Being profit-oriented doesn't mean you can't have a social conscience. Quite the opposite - by empowering oft-neglected or marginalized groups, conscious capitalists are making a statement "whatever anyone else says, you are welcome here."
That's free marketing, a great tool for building in customer loyalty but more important - by doing little things like portraying a mixed-ethnicity household (like mine is) or a gay couple buying a house and settling in, these businesses are saying "you are accepted; you belong." Ultimately, that's the whole point of community - everything else stems from that.
Which is why, if you're buying a house in the Hamilton area, you owe it to yourself to check out Miguel Lima; buy a house, build a community.
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