They love the idea of ​​something familiar, and when it's gone, they have no idea what to do. After the flood, the residents of Buffalo Creek lost their sense of belonging to their community. The flood destroyed everything in the community and displaced everyone. Community is not simply a grouping of homes in one place, but a sense of belonging and family for Buffalo Creek. Every physical part of the community has a special meaning for these people. The roads that connect all the cities are their “civic square” and bring everyone together, but after the flood a highway had to be built and the people who remained felt it would destroy what little sense of community they had left (Erikson 1976, page 153). A highway would symbolize the change in their community in a more permanent way. However, many of those affected by the lack of community did not realize what had happened to them. They simply felt a “deep sense of loss, a nameless sensation that something had gone wrong in the order of things…” (Erikson 1976, p. 156). It's an unsettling feeling that they were missing a key part of their life, but they couldn't realize what was missing. Erikson heard many say that their entire personality changed after the flood and that no one was ever the same. Another part of that came from everyone being moved to different areas than they were used to. The absence of neighbors and family made them feel even more out of place. There was no sense of reliability or community cohesion after the flood. The people of Buffalo Creek turned to deviance as a coping mechanism to deal with the strange feelings they were experiencing. Older generations argued with their spouses and drank far more than they admitted they should. Teenagers were starting their bad habits for the first time. Promiscuity became an all-too-common lifestyle for the city's youth. But why? Erikson describes the home as a moral sphere and so