The phrase "as some communities" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to specific groups or populations that share common characteristics or experiences.
Example: "As some communities have shown, the impact of climate change can vary significantly based on geographic location."
Alternatives: "like certain communities" or "similar to some communities".
The fly-fishing world is perhaps not as attuned as some communities (say, Justin Bieber's fan base) to the wonders of YouTube.
Nor do I object to bans on smoking in the street, as some communities have proposed, although that carries the regimentation a little further.
The order – which also directs the state's water resources control board to develop proposed emergency restrictions for 2017 if the drought continues – comes as some communities have moved away from conservation and ordered homeowners to start watering dead lawns.
Find a way to bring choice and competition into grade school and high school education, as some communities have done with voucher programs, and the market will solve the education problem.
A much-heralded cap on property taxes championed by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo is encountering resistance as some communities across New York chafe at what amounts to a restriction on their spending and seek to exempt themselves from the new limits.
As some communities live amidst poverty and scarcity, conflicts between communities are common.
It is a similar story on a smaller scale in the state's other urban centers as well as in some communities along the border with Mexico.
This figure reaches as high as 98 per cent in some communities, such as those in Somalia.
"Insights into these issues help explain economic conflicts such as price wars and trade wars, as well as why some communities are more successful than others in managing common-pool resources.
Feeding America estimates that demand at food banks, nationally, has increased 30percentt in the last year, in some communities as much as 150percentt.
The final lines of the only surviving newsletter includes an observation about the effects of war that may be as appropriate in some communities today as it was 60 years ago in Old Greenwich.
