Cohousing-L Mailing List: Who Lives in Cohousing?

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

I have been reading this list for years now and had been reading it for
about three years before I moved into cohousing. A friend recently pointed
out to me why I was often so shocked that consensus decisions take so long
and that people do not pay attention to the budgets we pass until they find
there is no money for their pet projects --

I am not living with the people on this list!

Only three or four people in my community read the list although others have
come and gone from time to time. That leaves 54 other adults who could care
less about the kind of discussions we have here -- or at least do not care
enough to allot time for them in their day. Many, many -- perhaps even a
majority -- are not even aware that this discussion exists. Many have not
read or seen the cohousing book or read Communities magazine or read
anything about cohousing except our own community publicity (which is
considerable).

This was a very enlightening and sobering realization that I thought might
be of help/interest to others on the list.

Sharon
-- 
Sharon Villines
Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
http://www.takomavillage.org

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