Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: economic Class and Cohousing

[Legal-All Lawyers (Salley]

Tony Rocco says:
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".I must know what I am
getting into before I get into it and learn that I just don't have
the left-wing values necessary to be accepted in a typical cohousing
community."

Prosperity and communinty are not mutually exclusive. There are lots of 
cohousers out there who are simply looking for an alternative to the 
alienation of urban living.   It may be that there is a difference between 
the urban-oriented types and the rural "self-sustaining community" types. 
 The trick is to find or create a group that has goal compatible with yours. 
  It is true that most cohousing groups do have at least a general goal of 
diversity of membership, although economics and educational factors tend to 
limit the fulfillment of this goal.  Contrary to what might appear to be the 
trend on this bulletin board, in my experience most groups (at least on the 
East Coast) are not religiously focussed, are not Marxist (although the odd 
member may be - remember diversity),  and have no vision of living off the 
land!  Like you, they are hoping to recreate the sense of a close-knit 
neighborhood or village in a disconnected world.

Keep looking - you'll find your urban village!

Rowena
Salley [at] Volpe1.dot.gov