The phrase "a modest community" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a community that is humble, not extravagant, or has a simple lifestyle.
Example: "The town is known for being a modest community, where everyone knows each other and values simplicity."
Alternatives: "a humble community" or "a simple community".
Nason sees himself as running a modest community service.
Few of the founders envisioned such an ambitious role for what was originally proposed as a modest community health clinic.
In a leafy riverside suburb west of Paris, the gentle evening birdsong was punctured by a shiny people carrier screeching into a modest community centre car park.
Buchanan is a modest community (the village itself comprises less than two square miles); when people ask where I'm from, I usually say Peekskill or Croton, the two closest midsize towns.
As debate continues over whether schools invest wisely in technology — and whether it measurably improves student achievement — Mooresville, a modest community about 20 miles north of Charlotte best known as home to several Nascar teams and drivers, has quietly emerged as the de facto national model of the digital school.
PHOENIX — Bristol Palin, the 20-year-old daughter of Sarah Palin, has bought a five-bedroom house in Maricopa, a modest community south of Phoenix, setting off a flurry of speculation as to exactly what her plans — and those of her famous mother — are for the desert dwelling.
His own parents, Albert and Silvia, ran a modest community-law practice in Kansas City, and would shut down their office whenever Copaken or his brother had any kind of school activity or performance.
The contestants include the Ordnance Survey, which has triggered the current discussion by suggesting that the honour goes to a field in Sessay, an otherwise modest community in the flatlands north of York.
Mr. Martin died nearly a year ago, on Feb. 26, while walking in a modest gated community in Sanford where Mr. Zimmerman served as a volunteer neighborhood watchman.
Members of the Monday Night Dinner Cooperative meet weekly in Stelle's modest community center for a home-cooked meal.
She and her father live in a modest apartment in Toluca Lake, a small community nestled between Burbank and Studio City on the other side of the Hollywood Hills.
