This is likely possible for a region whose matter density is higher than the normal average.
Explanation:
A galaxy is a collection of lumps in space which are clumped together and interact with each other. There are a lot of speculations on how galaxies were birthed. some believe its formed by a collection of massive gas, dust which eventually collapsed under their own gravitational pull. others says its formed by the combination of large lumps of matter which accumulated forming thee galaxies. The possibility of a galaxy forming is dependent on how massive the matter in the region of the universe is.
