Cohousing-L Mailing List: AP/Boston Herald article: "Young adults get more creative with living arrangements"

[Sheryl Rapée-Adams (sheryl]

Young adults get more creative with living arrangements
By Associated Press
Monday, August 14, 2006 - Updated: 02:38 PM EST

 

(excerpt)

?We live in a world, nowadays, where you?re encouraged to isolate yourself,?
says Brian Gleichauf, a 30-year-old high school teacher who grew up in
suburban Chicago. ?You live in your own little home and you have your
quarter-acre of grass to mow and everybody owns their own lawn mower and
everyone has their own cars. 


 

     ?It seems like an incredible waste to me.? 


 

     Among other options, he and wife Jenny, a 27-year-old pastor, are
looking into Prairie Onion Cohousing, a small group of Chicagoans who are
considering converting a vintage apartment building near Lake Michigan into
multigenerational, environmentally friendly housing. Building on an idea
that originated in Denmark, residents would buy or rent their own units, but
share common areas and whatever resources and duties they agree upon.

 

 

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