RE: Re: IT ISN'T COHOUSING IF IT AIN'T GOT THAT CO | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Rob Sandelin (floriferousmsn.com) | |
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 11:46:01 -0600 (MDT) |
Kevin Wolfe captured my thoughts almost exactly. My only addition I have to add that existing communities can and will outlive any of their founders, such as the Muir commons having only 25% of it founders. What happens however, is that the first years of living together create the "co". Once the "co" is there, then the expectation for community, and the working living examples of it guides the actions and activities of the participants and selects future residents. People who do not want the community stuff, see it happening, and they filter themselves out. (Hooray!) One example I have heard of where this was shown in reverse was at the former cohousing project in Aspen. Even though it had resident participation and such, apparently from what I have been told most the people that moved in had little interest in community, most were after low priced housing. After a couple years of low "co", those who held that interest moved out, being replaced by people that fit into the no "co" evolution of the place. After a bit more they stopped even calling themselves cohousing. Common ground cohousing became Common ground the neighborhood, with no expectation of the higher levels of interaction and caring that denote community. So even places that included all the elements mentioned can become non-communities if the community spirit is low, and the people who move in don't have that interest or expectation. Rob Sandelin Community Works! _______________________________________________ Cohousing-L mailing list Cohousing-L [at] cohousing.org Unsubscribe and other info: http://www.communityforum.net/mailman/listinfo/cohousing-l
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Re: IT ISN'T COHOUSING IF IT AIN'T GOT THAT CO Becky Schaller, June 12 2001
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Re: Re: IT ISN'T COHOUSING IF IT AIN'T GOT THAT CO Kevin Wolf, June 12 2001
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Re: Re: IT ISN'T COHOUSING IF IT AIN'T GOT THAT CO Fred H Olson, June 13 2001
- RE: Re: IT ISN'T COHOUSING IF IT AIN'T GOT THAT CO Rob Sandelin, June 14 2001
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Re: Re: IT ISN'T COHOUSING IF IT AIN'T GOT THAT CO Fred H Olson, June 13 2001
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Cohousing & Community Sharon Villines, July 19 2001
- Re: Cohousing & Community Sharon Villines, July 19 2001
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Re: Re: IT ISN'T COHOUSING IF IT AIN'T GOT THAT CO Kevin Wolf, June 12 2001
- RE: Re: IT ISN'T COHOUSING IF IT AIN'T GOT THAT CO Lashbrook, Stephan, June 13 2001
- Re: Re: IT ISN'T COHOUSING IF IT AIN'T GOT THAT CO Racheli&John, June 14 2001
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