Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Affordable Cohousing

[Wayne Tyson (landrest]

VERY well said!

WT

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don Benson" <benson6451 [at] aol.com>
To: "Cohousing-L" <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
Sent: Monday, December 31, 2012 12:41 PM
Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Affordable Cohousing


> Back to the point made by Oz, what do each of the parities to the process 
> (architects, developers, potential owners) want and need.  My experience 
> is that each has a different set of needs/wants. I see these in the 
> differences between developments driven by developers vs. those driven by 
> a cohesive group of buyer/owners.
>
> Some of these differences are obvious (vendors income, cash flow) and some 
> are deep and not thought about and certainly not realized until after the 
> event (think 17 year old with flaming hormones or many lottery big 
> winners).  How do "we" value the opportunity of community (to be developed 
> not given. i.e. work) vs. the instant pleasure of a hot tub or sauna?
>
> Don Benson
> 503.296.7249
>
> It is neither wealth nor splendor, but tranquility and occupation which 
> give happiness.   (Thomas Jefferson 1788)
>
> On Dec 31, 2012, at 12:16 PM, R Philip Dowds <rpdowds [at] comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > > On Dec 31, 2012, at 2:03 PM, "R.N. Johnson" <cohoranda [at] yahoo.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > You don't get the shiny new home with the neat features, but you do get 
> > > > to live in community.
>
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