Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: SF Bay Area Cohousing

[findley (findley]

Responding to Vonnie's comment, yes, from my initial explorations
it does appear to me that many co-housing groups seem to have some
core common philosophy or interest, such as vegetarian eating, home-schooling,
or ecologically balanced living.

I haven't explored enough communities to know how much these common
interests--very important to the core organizers who initiate
co-housing discussions -- actually get translated into the interests
of the group that finally winds up moving into the co-housing.

Most organizers seem to find that their interests are a little too narrow
to actually find enough people ready and able to build a co-housing
community, and they have to broaden as they move the project toward
reality.

This is undoubtedly a valuable growth process if it really produces
a diverse community of mutual respect.  I wonder, though, if people
in the original core group regard later-comers who don't share their
interests with some regret.

Comments, anyone?

Rachel
findley [at] math.berkeley.edu