Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Goodbye Cohousing, Hello Grandma

[Tom Nelson Scott (veda]

On Sat, 29 Mar 1997, Thomas Alexander wrote:

>       Ironically (perhaps not) cohousing-L helped us decide
> not to persue cohousing.  I forgot who wrote the note, but there
> was a discussion in the archives about commuting.  Someone posed
> the following question.  "Which would attain the goals of cohousing
> better; a cohousing development where everyone drove an hour to
> work, or a conventional neighborhood where people walk everywhere?"
> Although not as extreme, this seemed to be the choice we were being
> given.  We chose walking.

Thos makes some good points. Blood is thicker than water: Like you,
I'd rather live near family. And I'd rather walk to work or
telecommute from home.

Maybe all those features can be combined? That's what we're planning
on. First, we're moving back to Columbus, Ohio to be with family and
lifelong friends. Then we'll get involved in an existing cohousing
group or help start a new one. Eventually, we want to develop a
coho/ecovillage that supports a neighborhood school and a telecenter
for telework, teleplay and tele-education. See my homepage for more.

By the way, anybody out there live in Columbus? Drop me a line.

This list is a godsend to me. My information cup runneth over.

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