Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Goodbye Cohousing, Hello Grandma

[MLYNCHIN (MLYNCHIN]

In a message dated 03.29.97 4:58:25 AM, Thos [at] compuserve.com (Thomas
Alexander) wrote:

<<Ironically (perhaps not) cohousing-L helped us decide
not to persue cohousing.  I forgot who wrote the note, but there
was a discussion in the archives about commuting.  Someone posed
the following question.  "Which would attain the goals of cohousing
better; a cohousing development where everyone drove an hour to
work, or a conventional neighborhood where people walk everywhere?"
Although not as extreme, this seemed to be the choice we were being
given.  We chose walking.
>>

I understand what you are saying. I also have family members spread over 10
miles radius, and I suppose my husband and I can find a suitable house  in
the middle so that we can be closer and visit more often than we do, but it's
not likely because we all have such different schedules and our interests
vary. However, I think you made the right decision based on the info
provided. It's much better to choose walking over driving; it's much better
to live near where you work and form a community there rather than a
cohousing community in suburbia miles from where you work.

Marilyn Chin
Old Oakland/Swan's Market Cohousing which is scheduled for construction in
late 1997 so that we can all live closer to where we work.