Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: senior vs. inclusive cohousing

[michael barrett (mbarrett]

Yes Nancy, I agree.
I'm definitely more of a seniorthan youand am very fortunate to be 
living in what I will choose to call inclusive coho. (IMO Multigen may 
be explicit but it is also ugly). Following the pattern of other seniors 
in this community I have several times visited a local highly regarded 
senior community which also includes "assisted" facilities, and I 
receive notices of the upcoming availability of (unassisted) homes. But 
when I compare the atmosphere there with the energy of the youngsters 
here, I think it will be a cold day (xx Hxxx) before I move there. Even 
though the noise of the kids (and adults) at community meals here 
combined with the lack of perfection of my hearing aids, makes 
conversation dismayingly difficult, the joy and energy of the kids makes 
itall very worthwhile. I sit at my computer at my front window and 
delight in being distracted by the coming and going, running, skipping, 
scootering, rollerblading(and sometimes even walking) - on the pedway 
outside.

I am also aware how fortunate we are that as a community we have been 
able toattract a series of young families as houses have become 
available. Our youngest member is just 25 days old.

Michael at Shadowlake Village, in the delightful University town of 
Blacksburg, VA - where we had temperatures in the 70s for couple of days 
this week (before it dropped down to 24° last night) - and 2 houses are 
vacant and for sale.


On 2/26/2017 2:18 PM, Nancy Csuti wrote:
> I've been on several wait lists for coho that I am interested in, and just this 
> year turned 60.  Not all seniors object to children or want to live apart from 
> families.  The whole reason I have been interested in coho is the 
> multigenerational aspect.  I've lived all over the world in various multi gen 
> situations and loved it. I've been looking for it in the USA, and love the ones 
> I have visited in the areas of the county that I am interested in. So, before 
> there are wings for seniors and wings for families, please consider some people 
> actually like living in children-generated chaos.
>
> Nancy in CO.