On every social indicator, our communities remain profoundly disadvantaged.
But while three-lane highways are being built, feeder roads from rural communities remain decrepit.
And the divisions that continue to separate this enclave of high culture from the nearby communities remain deep.
"Hundreds of communities remain without safe water, and the cost of a connection, even where available, is unaffordable for many of the city's residents," the report concludes.
It is almost certain never to happen (at least in an open way) if the walls between the communities remain so high.
"Some communities remain steeped only in the debris of tribalism, and a legacy for the city of culture must mean a new understanding of Northern Ireland beyond tribalism".
Rather, deep-sea bottom communities remain disrupted for decades or centuries, and may even never recover given other changes occurring in the ocean.
Police in many mining communities remain widely and deeply distrusted, which the acknowledgement of lingering injustice could help to reconcile, locally and nationally.
The villages hit on Monday are held by Isis in the far east of Hama province, where up to 40 small communities remain under their sway.
But despite a country-wide campaign and social mobilisation activities by the government and NGOs (pdf), knowledge and awareness levels among communities remain far below expectations.
At least on the south side, which some maps still divide into "Southside" and "South Williamsburg," those communities remain firmly entrenched.
