Cohousing-L Mailing List: One last (I hope) request and thanks...

[Donna L. McDaniel (76063.1150]

Hello again from that journalist who feels happily responsible for
stimulating some fascinating discussions of diversity on the
list... and thanks to those who have responded that way and
directly to me.

I have one more request, now that I am right down to the wire on a
July 1 deadline to the newspaper, Sojourner (my earlier deadline
was for my own research purposes) and now that I have sifted
through the enormous quantity of material I have collected. BTW,
Sojourner is, according to its editor, distributed nationally and
contrary to my first understanding, the article isn't especially
focused on the Boston area.

Anyway... here's my question for those who are living in cohousing
or building or at least have a site well in hand:
     How many members of your group are not white, namely: African
Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanics, Latinos, Native
Americans...(and anyone else I'm leaving out)?  
     Re: affordability, it's more relative and perhaps subjective,
but does your project include housing that would be considered
"affordable" in your area? 
     Even less amendable to hard numbers, but any comments from
those who believe your  group has achieved--or has trouble
achieving--diversity in other areas like gender, age, family
status, sexual orientation, political (well--maybe I don't need to
hear anymore about that) -- what else? 
     
I really just need to get a sense of what's out there beyond all
the interesting discussions...so just brief comments and, again,
I'll assume a response means it's o.k. to publish.

Thanks and thanks again... it's been an education and a half and
fascinating!

Donna
from Commonweal Cohousing
soon-to-be Grafton, Mass.