Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Not Enough Privacy in Cohousing?

[katie-henry (katie-henry]

> Frankly, if I want to know who is dating whom, I ask a certain 12 year old.

Heh heh. At EVC we ask the construction superintendent. He's still on site a 
year and a half 
after move-in. He's there at 6am every weekday and many Saturdays. He knows 
everyone, he sees 
everything, and he LOVES to gossip (but in a nice way). In fact, he's become so 
bonded that he 
uses "we" and "us" when referring to the community. It'll be a sad day when he 
leaves (if we can't fix him up with someone in the community first).

Our privacy concerns revolve around (1) dating and (2) the ground-floor units 
that open onto the courtyard. Visitors and even residents will walk up and 
stare in through the windows, making the occupants feel like a human diorama in 
the Natural History museum.

Katie
Eastern Village Cohousing
Silver Spring, MD