Re: Cohousing in the Netherlands | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Joyce Cheney (jcheneyjcgmail.com) | |
Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2016 11:05:20 -0700 (PDT) |
While the "Co-housing in the Netherlands" article describes an arrangement that works for the families there, it seems to fall quite short of co-housing or even communal living, really. It sounds like the major motivator was financial: it allowed the families to get more "physical home" than they could have individually. The only shared spaces are a garden and a sort of indoor patio. Residents state that they don't interact with each other very much, mostly saying hi while coming and going, and that they "live very private lives." There was no mention of shared activities besides the garden and as few meetings as possible (maybe an outdoor fireplace coming). Co-housing is so much more! Joyce C. On Mon, Oct 3, 2016 at 11:14 AM, Ann Zabaldo <zabaldo [at] earthlink.net> wrote: > > Well. It’s pretty much cohousing altho’ the community seems unaware of > the association with cohousing with what they have built. They managed to > reinvent a very large wheel … Great minds … > > https://www.dwell.com/article/modern-communal-living-in-the- > netherlands-b0fd7bf4 > > Best -- > > Ann Zabaldo > Takoma Village Cohousing > Washington, DC > Principal, Cohousing Collaborative, LLC > Falls Church, VA > 202.546.4654 > > A friend recently told me I was delusional. I nearly fell off my unicorn. > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: > http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing-L/ > > >
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Cohousing in the Netherlands Ann Zabaldo, October 3 2016
- Re: Cohousing in the Netherlands Joyce Cheney, October 3 2016
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