Re: Re: Architectural Review - Changing Tastes | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: normangauss (normangauss![]() |
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Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 14:31:01 -0800 (PST) |
Esthetic tastes are sometimes ephemeral. One of our members at Oak Creek Commons on the Central Coast of California was raised in Wisconsin and originally thought that our area was too dry looking and too much like a desert (our average rainfall is about 13 inches). After living here she began to appreciate the looks of our natural landscapes and no longer thinks of it as too dry and looking like a desert. People sometimes take their biases with them and judge their new surroundings in terms of what they were used to. If you came from a cluttered yard, you appreciate clutter. If you came from a clean or sculptured yard, you hate clutter. Each has its advantages. If you interact with your neighbors, you begin to think in terms of what makes them happy, and along the way appreciate their point of view. Esthetics then begins to fade in importance and you can evolve into a feeling of "I can live with that". Norm Gauss Oak Creek Commons Paso Robles, CA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fred H Olson" <fholson [at] cohousing.org> To: "-cohousing-L mailing list" <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org> Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 12:14 PM Subject: [C-L]_ Re: Architectural Review Tim Clark <gsadix [at] earthlink.net> / www.2FeetUnder.com is the author of the message below. It was posted by Fred the Cohousing-L list manager <fholson [at] cohousing.org> because the message included only HTML -------------------- FORWARDED MESSAGE FOLLOWS -------------------- This my response to Sharon's request for architectural review policies There is always something that is going to bother someone, it is an unending process. You can bet that once all the offending bits are cut off and there is a little rest someone will find something else that offends them and the whole process will start all over again till every thing is "beige". Rather than me deal with my attachments to likes and dislikes I want you to not present me with things I dislike. (I wont complain if I like it). I have seen more than one vibrant alive group become sterile over trying to address everyone's like and dislikes. I think architectural review policies should only concern themselves with property values and safety, past that it is "Viva la difference". Tim www.2FeetUnder.com _________________________________________________________________ Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing-L/
- RE: Architectural Review, (continued)
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RE: Architectural Review Alexander Robin A, January 31 2005
- Introduction Jennifer Gryn, January 31 2005
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Re: Architectural Review Fred H Olson, January 28 2005
- Re: Re: Architectural Review Sharon Villines, January 28 2005
- Re: Re: Architectural Review - Changing Tastes normangauss, January 28 2005
- RE: Re: Architectural Review - Changing Tastes mark nichols, January 28 2005
- RE: Re: Architectural Review - Changing Tastes Karen Cravens, January 28 2005
- Architectural Review Sharon Villines, January 29 2005
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RE: Architectural Review Alexander Robin A, January 31 2005
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