Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Cohousing in Israel

[areinert (areinert]

On Wed, 8 Feb 1995, Bob Trachtenberg wrote:

> Israel, a land of kibbutzim, communal villages of various kinds and 
> other alternative housing styles galore. 
> 
> We have been told that most groups end up being self-selecting, but 
> we are concerned about the damage that an inappropriate person can do 

Ruth Mason 

Serious self selecting happens when people are required to ante up real
money.  We selected ourselves out of our first group because we wearied of
long, often (it seemed to us) pointless meetings (original site fell
through, no new site; i.e., no capital progress it seemed after a year),
but maybe it was because the 4 figure downpayments came due.  That group
went on to build, we later moved into a different, already developed one. 
I don't know, but I think most of us who were in group 1 then are not who
are there now;  but the "burning lights" are.  I admire their tenacity.
I feel we did the right thing for us at the the time, but it felt like 
chickening out. 

It would be interesting to hear comparisons between kibutzes, etc, and 
cohousing.
 
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