We are currently in a park with a community campfire. First time we have had that. We like it as it's nice to sit around and talk and meet others. We do also like having an occasional fire on our site also as I do like to cook for a fire once in awhile. This park will let you have an individual one, if you bring a fire ring with you. When we first arrived however, there was a couple here that thought they owned the community fire ring and fire, and it did tend to keep others away, and offend many of the weekend campers. They insisted on being the only ones to add to or tend the fire, and were rude about it. That's the possible bad part of a community fire.