Cohousing-L Mailing List: RE: CoHousing Conference

[Nancy E Wight (wight]

I second the dogs, gun ownership, private use of common area, etc., but 
hidden sexual agenda?  What do you mean by this?  I have heard of cases of 
communities where children were sexually abused by other children or in one 
case by a man in the community (whoa, another can of worms that hasn't yet 
been opened!) - is this what you refer to?

I would like to add the following "difficult problems" to your list:

1. Parking - specifically, how/whether to accomodate individual desires for 
drive-up parking, even at the expense of the site plan/other design 
features.

2. House location selection - what works, what doesn't (we found out the 
hard way).

3. How to add amenities that only some people want, but everyone will use 
(like a swimming pool). Do you only end up with amenities that *everyone* 
agrees to pay for?

- Nancy

> Well, I haven't lived in cohousing yet, but based on communities I <have>
> lived in, let me add these to your <difficult problem> list:
> 
> dogs
> gun ownership
> private use of the common area
> clothing optional hours/facilities
> hidden sexual agenda
> bad cooks

Nancy Wight                                   wight [at] world.std.com
New View Neighborhood Development             Acton, MA