Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: [C-L]" too many single old women"

[Racheli Gai (racheli]

I also wondered what "too many" means, but to be fair - I think that if 
a community
strives for diversity, and one demographic group heavily dominates, 
then it has
its drawbacks (at least for those who would like more diversity).  This 
doesn't
need to mean that old single women are bad: Just that too many of them
entails perhaps too few of some other groups.

I wonder if any communities are doing anything to create more balance?
(I don't mean throwing anyone out who's already part of the community, 
but
recruiting more aggressively among desired demographic groups, or ...?

Racheli.  (Sonora Cohousing, Tucson).

On Feb 11, 2008, at 9:20 AM, Sharon Villines wrote:

> On Feb 10, 2008, at 11:16 PM, Christine Johnson wrote:
>
> > Problem: "too many single old women"  ?  Can you have TOO many old
> > women ?
> >
> > "Wow, that sounds
> > fabulous" said a 30 something young woman.
>
> Particularly since those old women do so much of the work, perhaps
> even the majority of it.
>
> Sharon
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> Sharon Villines
> Takoma Village Cohousing,Washington DC
> http://www.takomavillage.org
>
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