Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Cohousing communities near Copenhagen

[Fred H Olson (fholson]

Debi Levine <dlevine [at] pobox.com> wrote:

> I would like to visit 2-3 cohousing communities while there, to make
> contacts for future investigatation of the relationship between
> community design and strength of "psychological sense of community."
> Though I happen to speak fluent Danish, I haven't been able to find any
> information on the internet about existing cohousing that welcomes
> visitors.

This kind of request comes along from time to time and I'm always
conflicted on how to respond.  From Debi's post she sounds like a guest
most Danish communities would welcome enthusiastically (fluent Danish,
wow).  But I think the part of the reason Danish communities are not
easily found on the net is that they have felt burdened by too many
visitors - particularly those around Copenhagen where most visitors
drop in.

When we visited in 1999 ( http://fholson.cohousing.org/dk-pix.htm )
I felt welcomed at the communities we managed to find but that may be
because by then the low profile they kept had reduced the number of
visitors.  At some of those communities we showed up unannounced becasue
we had not managed to find a way to contact them in advance - not a very
desireable approach.

It sure would be nice if we could find a better gatekeeper mechanism...
My contacts in Denmark have largely deteriorated (changing addresses,
moves, lack of use etc).

With that said, see the message:
http://lists.cohousing.org/pipermail/cohousing-l/msg20111.html

Fred

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