Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Desirability of proximity to Common Hous

[Deborah Behrens (debbeh]

> Date: Tue, 16 Aug 94 17:42 CDT
> From: NEVETS2 [at] aol.com
> Subject: Re: Desirability of proximity to Common Hous
> 
> Perception is the main thing, but just know these facts
> 
> 400 feet is .075 miles.  It takes about 15 minutes to walk a mile at a nice
> steady pace.  It takes 1 minute 10 seconds to walk 400 feet at the same pace.
>  It may look and feel like a "long way" to some.  It may be very inconvenient
> to have to run back & forth a lot with over a minute each way.  But
> otherwise, 400 feet is close.
>  
It's ALOT further in the winter, especially in New England, and other 
northerly sites, where winter is a large fraction of the year.
Weather's not nearly the problem here in the Denver area, 
except occasional days.  
Other parts of the country it may also not be a problem, but I would 
agree that proximity would be VERY desirable in the more wintery areas.  

But we're not in our community yet, so I can't give specific info on our
experiences yet.

Is it not a viable option to center EcoVillage's common house somewhere 
in the middle of the development?

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