Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Cohousing mainstream?

[William Johnson (0005638134]

>>Kevin Wolf remarked:
>>
>>some of us in N Street have joked about is that if co-housing catches on 
>>in a major way, a lot less washers, dryers, garden tools, lawn mowers, 
>>hopefully cars, camping equipment, and the like will be purchased.  Each 
>>house won't need its own of everything.
>
>to which Craig D. Willis added:
>I say that because I view *real* cooperation and sharing 
> (when taken beyond just a superficial level) as something that the 
>mainstream is probably not ready for yet.

If by "superficial" Craig means "transparent" -- as in the sharing of telecom
facilities -- then making sharing "superficial" may yet be a route to the
mainstreaming of cohousing.  If so, as Craig suggested, it _will_ be marketed,
and _sold_ like other luxury/cultural things are sold.

Hmmm...  something to look forward to?


William Johnson
5638134 [at] mcimail.com