Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: America's Fragile Neighborhoods

[b farris (btgf]

Part of the issue could be the cost. I haven’t found any affordable cohousing. 
Izzy

> On Oct 24, 2023, at 10:06 AM, Ann Zabaldo <zabaldo [at] earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
> Hi all —
> 
> In BLOOMBERG CITY LAB today:
> 
> https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-24/new-book-argues-weak-us-social-institutions-make-fragile-neighborhoods?cmpid=BBD102423_CITYLAB&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_term=231024&utm_campaign=citylabdaily
> 
> There is a raft of articles, books, studies out in the last 2 or more decades 
> on the health of America’s neighborhoods and the relationship of people in 
> these neighborhoods.
> 
> Cohousing is an answer to so many of these warnings and issues.  And, yet … 
> yet we often seemed to be sidelined as an option.  We get positive over the 
> top exposure from institutions such as The NY Times, Urban Land Institute, 
> Washington Post, etc.  And … yet … cohousing has not caught hold except among 
> a very small portion of the public even tho’ we know people are yearning for 
> communities like cohousing.
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> Best —
> 
> Ann Zabaldo
> Takoma Village Cohousing
> Washington, DC
> Ex. Dir. & Mbr. Board of Directors
> Mid Atlantic Cohousing
> Principal, Cohousing Collaborative, LLC
> Falls Church, VA
> 202.546.4654
> zabaldo [at] earthlink.net
> 
> I’ve been watching my weight...
> It’s still there.
> 
> NOTE:  Please use zabaldo [at] earthlink.net for email.
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