Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: co-housing v.s. old-fashioned neighborliness

[Matt Lawrence (matt]

On Thu, 14 May 1998, Jim Willits wrote:

> rob sandelin ,
>       give me a break ...  "strangers stand out like beacons"    please....
> sounds like jingoism of the highest order or maybe i mean odor... 
>       i have also never been impressed by the " relationship building" that 
> goes
> on in either type of community. 
>       and gee... let's not forget to be sure to exclude low income families 
> and
> protect market values for our little pieces of the pie.. 
>        every time i read the sandelin letter over I still can't tell if he is
> being serious or sarcastic. especially since we all love meetings so much
> especially about such burning issues as  cohousing maintenance costs and
> common room usage. 

Ok, now I know you are seriously lacking a clue.  If all you want to do is
start arguments, maybe you should take your hostilities elsewhere.

-- Matt