Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: RE: sweat equity

[Diane Simpson (coho]

Hi TR et al,

Yeah, I think you're being a little touchy. It was good advice that 
Elizabeth live in a community first, although I would say that's not 
the ONLY piece of advice I would give. I would suggest that she travel 
around and try to visit different types of communities and talk to the 
people in them before making a decision about whether or not this is 
the right thing for her to pursue. I think that was one of the most 
beneficial things that I did after two failed cohousing groups.

--Diane Simpson

JP COHOUSING  617-524-6614
P.O. BOX 420 BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS
HTTP://WWW.JPCOHOUSING.ORG
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On Sun Jul 6, 2003  4:26:33 PM US/Eastern "TR Ruddick" 
<truddick [at] earthlink.net> wrote:

and one of the replies was:

> From: "Rob Sandelin" <floriferous [at] msn.com>
>
> I agree with a previous post to Elizabeth Cobb, you would benefit a 
> great
> deal from  actually living in a community first [edit]
> One of things I would pass on, is that any one particular community is
> unlikely to encompass all of what you seem to want and believe, and by
> visiting several, you will find many parts, in many places which you 
> can
> draw ideas and inspirations from.

Now, am I being overly touchy here, or does it seem that there's a 
teensy
bit of attitude here?  Having only reached the early stages of actually
doing cohousing, I admit that I don't know the details from experience, 
and
there is probably much to be learned from hearing and sharing with those
who've actually completed the process.  But time and again I get a 
message
from current residents of cohousing that goes "until you've really 
lived in
one, you can't really know what it's like or what you want from it--and 
any
variations on what has normally been done are questionable at best."

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