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

[Kathryn McCamant (kmccamant]

I would write Ezra Klien too… he has now given short shrift to cohousing on two 
of his podcast.

That said, I really appreciate this guest’s analysis of how crazy our modern 
way of living in America is… the isolated small nuclear family (even with two 
parents and good incomes) is the radical approach….not living in community.

Katie
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Kathryn McCamant, President
CoHousing Solutions
Nevada City, CA 95959
T.530.478.1970  C.916.798.4755
www.cohousing-solutions.com



From: cohousing-l <cohousing-l-bounces+kmccamant=cohousing-solutions.com [at] 
cohousing.org> on behalf of Cohousing-L <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
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Date: Sunday, June 11, 2023 at 11:51 AM
To: Cohousing-L <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
Cc: "sharon [at] sharonvillines.com" <sharon [at] sharonvillines.com>
Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Ezra Klein's Podcast on communal living

On Jun 11, 2023, at 11:32 AM, Robin <robin7500 [at] gmail.com<mailto: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




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