Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: How to develop a group for 50+ without family,

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

On Jun 30, 2007, at 9:47 AM, Tom Hammer wrote:

> Seems to me that
> most cohousing groups are not "focused" on raising
> children, so I'm interested in where the perception
> comes from.

I wonder if you have children? I think parents are less aware of how  
child focused cohousing communities are. For many years before moving  
into cohousing I was living in Manhattan where there were NO children  
in the majority of buildings I lived in. In one building of over 400  
apartments, there were two. I never went to restaurants where there  
were children of any age. 95% of my friends and close acquaintances  
had grown children if any, who lived far away. The vast majority of  
people in parks were adults.

>  We also encourage GLBTs
> to join.  However, the % of folks with children is
> apparently much higher than the % of GLBTers

Literally _all_ of our self-identified GL households have children.

Not trying to be argumentative, just adding some info.

Sharon
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Sharon Villines
Takoma Village Cohousing
http://www.takomavillage.org