Re: Political context of cohousing | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Kevin Wolf (kjwolfucdavis.edu) | |
Date: Sun, 4 Sep 94 02:23 CDT |
I apologize for the *codes* that are in this original reply. This is the first time this has happened when I just respond to an email message without getting out of the server I am modemed into. Does anyone have an idea why this happened? --- Kevin Wolf 724 N St Davis, CA 95616 phone and fax: 916-758-4211 On Sun, 4 Sep 1994, Kevin Wolf wrote: > > > Regarding Craig Willis comments about the political in co-housing. N=20 > Street might be different than most co-housing communities because we've=20 > added houses one at a time over eight years. Our community is=20 > predominantly on the left end of the political perspective. Close to=20 > 100% vote, most of us are involved in some good cause or another, many as= > =20 > leaders. =C0We basically agree on most political issues, especially in=20 > voting (though some of us are in the Green Party, while others are=20 > independents, and most are probably registered Democrats. I don't=20 > believe there is a Republican among us.) We disagree on tactics, large=20 > scale strategy, some on science (we have a number of PhD scientist types=20 > who knock the sense out of some of our newspaper gathered wisdom). =20 > Overall, there is a great deal of agreement. > > Why N Street may be different is that most people rent here before=20 > buying a place or becoming permanently involved. Most started by renting= > =20 > a room in someone an existing members house. Until the last year, almost= > =20 > everyone of the owners rented rooms, and all the houses owned by absentee= > =20 > landlords were rented by groups of unrelated adults. What happens in=20 > this selection process is that those people who like the existing=20 > political makeup, philosophy etc are selected in the first place by their= > =20 > housemates or self-select over time. And I imagine that there is some=20 > pursuasion happening whereby people change their attitudes and ideas=20 > based on new infomration which they get from living here and being in on=20 > some of the conversations and information sharing. =20 > > I would like to hear if non-retrofitted communities are as politically=20 > homogenous as ours. =20 > > --- > Kevin Wolf > 724 N St > Davis, CA 95616 > phone and fax: 916-758-4211 > >
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Political context of cohousing Craig D. Willis, September 3 1994
- Re: Political context of cohousing Kevin Wolf, September 3 1994
- Re: Political context of cohousing Kevin Wolf, September 4 1994
- Re: Political context of cohousing RAYGASSER, September 4 1994
- RE: Political context of cohousing Rob Sandelin, September 6 1994
- Re: Political context of cohousing Rob Sandelin, September 12 1994
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