Cohousing-L Mailing List: Class and Cohousing:Thanks

[Tony G. Rocco (tgr]

Thanks to everyone for the thoughtful responses to my posting 
concerning class, affluece, and cohousing. I have only received one 
negative response (so far), and I was expecting many. I understand 
the spirit of cooperation and concensus that underlies cohousing. 
Indeed, I find that spirit quite appealing and would be delighted to 
be involved in group decision making and helping advance the 
interests of a whole cohousing group, not just my own. I am 
sensitive to many of the concerns of "leftish" cohousers, and share 
many of them myself.

That said, I just don't see anything wrong with someone wanting to 
create some prosperity of a material kind for himself and his 
family. In my posting, I wanted to find out how far down the 
left-wing road I had to tread before becoming acceptable and 
"correct" by the usual standards of cohousing types. I think I have 
a sense that there is more diversity to the cohousing community than 
I thought, but I would probably have to be careful to avoid a 
community where my interest in personal prosperity might be viewed 
as selfish and anticommunitarian.

Again, thanks for the insightful thoughts.