Re: Seniority-Much Ado About Nothing | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Berrins (Berrinsaol.com) | |
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 23:29:35 -0700 (MST) |
In a message dated 10/31/2000 2:16:48 PM, lilbert [at] earthlink.net writes: << I know I piss people off when I complain, but I'm asking each of you to consider what use this list really is, if we sit around talking about what we agree on all day long? >> This list, I assume, is to help folks into cohousing and those already in. Picking your house lot is an issue, however small, that someone wanted input on. Answering that post is sharing our history and advice, which is what cohousing is partly about. And it's a little issue that will go away quickly. Actually, not everyone agrees on this issue. Most do, but so what? Is it so bad to know this? << I would be gratified if some of the people who have developed cohousing would answer some of the tougher questions sometimes, rather than every so often there being this flurry of easy-to-swallow sound-bite posts. >> Lots of tough questions have been asked and responded to. But life has lots of little questions, too; why not get some advice on these? Why do they all have to be big? Also, it's easy in hindsight to see some problems as little ones, but when you're in midstream they appear bigger. And anyone who's been following this list for awhile will see issues resurfacing again and again. Even big issues can get smaller with repetition, or seem smaller if they don't apply to you. Sound bite posts? I prefer to think that the people who post to this list are good writers. << ...while in fact, it is an enclave for the rich and guilty. >> Do you know the financial history of everyone living in cohousing? My wife and I do okay, but we're far from rich. And many folks in this community are scraping by to live here, working two jobs and living cheap. We tried to get more financial diversity, but were unable to figure out how to get lower income units without sacrificing either the site itself (land in Northampton is expensive) or giving up the energy efficient aspect. We definitely didn't pat ourselves on the back on this. But we don't feel guilty about it, and we'll keep trying. However, we did build a lot of moderate cost housing. I could go into detail, but how to keep housing costs down is an issue that has been discussed many times on this list. I feel sorry for you if your community has housing prices that are way out of reach for low and moderate income folks, but don't generalize this to all of cohousing. << There are so many issues that get brought up that nobody ever replies to. >> Such as? Every issue I've ever seen asked has been replied to. If you've got issues you want replies to, ask away!! I may not have a ready reply, but I'd be surprised if nobody does. << "treatises of denial" >> Loaded words, and ones that imply whatever answers we give won't be good enough. Maybe cohousing isn't living up to the all the dreams, but give us a break, we're just getting started. The best is yet to come. Roger Berman Pathways Nothampton, MA
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Seniority-Much Ado About Nothing lilbert, October 31 2000
- Re: Seniority-Much Ado About Nothing Howard Landman, October 31 2000
- Re: Seniority-Much Ado About Nothing Kay Argyle, October 31 2000
- Re: Seniority-Much Ado About Nothing Berrins, October 31 2000
- Re: Seniority-Much Ado About Nothing Hans Tilstra, October 31 2000
- Re: Seniority-Much Ado About Nothing lilbert, October 31 2000
- Re: Seniority-Much Ado About Nothing lilbert, October 31 2000
- Re: Seniority-Much Ado About Nothing Dahako, November 1 2000
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