Cohousing-L Mailing List: RE: Refrigerators/ovens in individuals' houses

[Rob Sandelin (robsan]

I would be cautious about expectations of everyone eating common meals. 
 In my experience and observation, there seems to be a percentage which 
find common meals are not attractive and therefor they choose not to 
attend, or attend only sporadically.

In theory, common meals sound lovely.  In reality they can be less than 
ideal, especially for parents with small kids or kids who are picky 
eaters, or elders, or people who have specific schedules or eating 
habits.  My observation from previous posts and other contacts is that 
participation in group dinners runs 40-70% on average.

So I would allow for enough kitchen appliance space to be independent  
of community meals.