What makes a strong fraternity?

[CuriousGeorge3]

Anyone involved in any greek system has probably heard of been involved in the never ending debate of "Who's the best house on campus?" We have all had our opinions, but how did we come to the conclusion we did?

I want to extend this a little further and ask, what's makes a strong house? I doubt many of us have answered this question in writitng. Is it numbers? Sometimes bigger houses (120+) aren't as close knit as smaller houses (<120). Parties? In the end we are social fraternities, but are the houses that throw ragers every other weekend as good as the house who throws an even bigger one once a month? Looks? The personalities of the people in that house? Philanthropy hours? Money? A combination? Then what do you weigh more?

We can also expand this out to what make a strong sorority as well. Feel free to let us know the "strongest house" on your campus, and why they were considered the best. Let's not worry about being politically correct and give some honest responses.