Cohousing-L Mailing List: compromise in cohousing

[Till Houtermans (tillhout]

        Often when I talk to people about community living I get the response
that the problem with community living is that you always have to compromise 
I am curious to hear what people who are living in community, in this case 
cohousing, have to say to this.  Is compromise something that you feel you are
always doing?  If so on what sort of issues?  If not, how is it avoided?  I
guess a big part of this question is to what degree does the consensus process
involve compromise?