Re: Anxiety, Community Development and the Role of Design | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Berrins (Berrins![]() |
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Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 19:47:43 -0700 (MST) |
In a message dated 2/14/2000 4:34:09 PM, marchpower [at] worldnet.att.net writes: << > Observation first: no one comes to cohousing to get a house. (If they do > they don't stay long!) Everyone comes looking for a lifestyle change. Ooooooh. Um....BIG generalization, yes? I read this email and kept thinking....people ARE buying a house, you know. To assume that the HUGE decision to buy a house is so small compared to the choice to live in community is quite inaccurate, I believe. Most people want to buy a house and put their money into their mortgage vs. renting. THEN they say, "Well, I also want to live in a great community...not just some suburb!" >> That's how we came to cohousing. We started looking to buy a house, heard about cohousing, checked it out and stopped looking at other houses. This house is probably the biggest financial purchase we will ever make. We don't expect it to be perfect, but since we can make many choices about our house, why not? We feel we've struck a good balance between "bulk purchase" construction/design and customizations. We expect our house to be part of our lifestyle change; having architects who live in cohousing has been a huge help in this regard. Roger
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Anxiety, Community Development and the Role of Design Ann Zabaldo, February 12 2000
- Re: Anxiety, Community Development and the Role of Design Sue Roenke, February 12 2000
- Re: Anxiety, Community Development and the Role of Design Berrins, February 14 2000
- Re: Anxiety, Community Development and the Role of Design Maggi Rohde, February 15 2000
- Re: Anxiety, Community Development and the Role of Design Berrins, February 16 2000
- Re: Anxiety, Community Development and the Role of Design Maggi Rohde, February 17 2000
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