Re: optimum size for a community | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Howard Landman (howardpolyamory.org) | |
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 12:11:01 -0700 (MST) |
> Is there any list wisdom that suggests the optimum size of a cohousing > community? I can think that too few would make for too much work for > everyone involved, yet too many would lose the ability to make consensual > group decisions, or even interfere with a town hall type of decision > process. Some folks have opined that the optimum size for consensus is 9 or fewer households. I've heard proposals as small as 4 or 5. A Pattern Language has an analysis that suggests the optimum size in order to assure a reasonable probability that all children have playmates of roughly their own age is over 100 units. So I suppose an argument can be made for any size in that range. I have often thought that the ideal situation might be a chain or cluster of semi-independent cohousing groups. Each could make most of its own decisions, but there'd perhaps be some kind of central facility for large events, and kids could freely travel throughout the cluster (not sliced up by vehicle roads with traffic). Howard A. Landman River Rock Commons Fort Collins, CO www.riverrock.org _______________________________________________ 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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optimum size for a community eugeniep, March 25 2002
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Re: optimum size for a community Jeanne Goodman, DesksideGuru, March 25 2002
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Re: optimum size for a community Sharon Villines, March 25 2002
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Re: optimum size for a community Jeanne Goodman, DesksideGuru, March 25 2002
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