RE: co-housing v.s. old-fashioned neighborliness | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Rich Lobdill (richardlsilcom.com) | |
Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 12:08:09 -0500 |
Deb: I think the major difference is intent, not architecture. IF you had a block of people in an existing neighborhood who were actually interested in the community building, THEN you would get genuine community building. In nearby San Luis Obispo, we have some friends who are former stalwart members of our project but now have developed community by forming a 'dinner group' (but there is much more to it than just dinner). They live throughout the town of San Luis but some have moved near to each other. I feel this organic style is just as valid as a ground-up (not like hamburger!) project. But the key was the intent to build community. So, I think, a core group of cohousers attracts more people who buy-in to the notion that community is a good thing and it grows from there. People involved in cohousing are no less busy than other suburbanites, but they have put community building higher on their priority list and hence make time for it. Rich Lobdill founding member Tierra Nueva Cohousing Oceano, CA
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co-housing v.s. old-fashioned neighborliness Deb Smyre, May 13 1998
- RE: co-housing v.s. old-fashioned neighborliness Rich Lobdill, May 13 1998
- Re: co-housing v.s. old-fashioned neighborliness James Nordgaard, May 13 1998
- Re: co-housing v.s. old-fashioned neighborliness Lynn Nadeau, May 13 1998
- RE: co-housing v.s. old-fashioned neighborliness Robin D. Ellison, May 14 1998
- RE: co-housing v.s. old-fashioned neighborliness Rob Sandelin, May 14 1998
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