Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Ezra Klein's Podcast on communal living

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

> On Jun 11, 2023, at 11:32 AM, Robin <robin7500 [at] gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I listened to the above podcast as the link was provided in a recent email
> from this list-serve. Sadly, although the author interviewed described eco
> villages, cohousing only was mentioned as something that existed in
> Denmark! And nothing about cohousing here in the US. In Ezra's prior
> podcast on loneliness and how communal living might be an antidote,
> cohousing got a short mention. 

Everyone should send her an email and point out that since her interest in the 
“everyday” aspect of utopian communities that cohousing is the most “everyday” 
you can get since it is more diverse than communities based on belief systems 
or being self-sustaining (sharing income, etc.). This is her website.

https://kristenghodsee.com/

For people who have experience living in a kibbutz, cohousing appears and in 
many ways is a middle-class fantasy more like building your own condominium and 
filling it with your friends. It can easily be dismissed as a restricted 
neighborhood — millionaires only. 

Sharon
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Sharon Villines
Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
http://www.takomavillage.org