Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Question re failure rate of forming groups

[Craig Ragland (craigragland]

Bob, Diana's book was published in 2003 - so I'm not sure how that
relates to recent changes. I believe it also stated a 10% success rate
for intentional communities more broadly. I cannot get to that info
quickly, as I

That being said, I don't believe these numbers could possibly be based
on strong data and I don't believe anyone actually knows about any
changes in the failure rate. Craig

On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 8:50 AM, Bob Morrison <RHmorrison [at] aol.com> wrote:
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>  In a recent posting, Craig wrote that Diana Leafe Christian wrote that
> only 25% of forming groups succeed thru completion of the project. Does this
> mean cohousing, or intentional communities in general?
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>  A few years ago I read that the failure rate of cohousing groups is about
> 50%. So it looks like the failure rate has gotten worse over the last few
> years. I am not surprised. The recession has had a devastating effect on
> forming groups.
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> Bob Morrison
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