Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Community Cemetery

[Racheli Gai (racheli]

I love the idea! -  It won't keep me away from buying into a community,
it'll make me wish to buy in.

Racheli, Sonora cohousing, Tucson.



On Oct 30, 2006, at 7:37 AM, Becky Weaver wrote:

> It would increase the perceived value of the community for me, 
> especially since I am assuming that my neighbors would all have known 
> the person who had died in the house & was buried nearby. I think it 
> would evoke feelings of continuity and connection. Actually, I think 
> it's a beautiful idea, if you have a good location for it.
>
>   Becky Weaver
>   Kaleidoscope Village
>   Austin, TX
>
>   Currently living in Maine, where some very small towns have very big 
> cemeteries.
>
> Kibuyu <kibuyu [at] yahoo.com> wrote:
>   If you were about to buy a house in a new community,
> and you learned that someone had a) died in that house
> and b) been buried nearby, would that affect your
> decision or your perceived value of the house?