Cohousing-L Mailing List: Cohousing Demographics

[Joani Blank (joani]

I hope that someday (and would that it's not too far a way), my 
dearly beloved Cohousing Association will have a simple and almost 
automatic way to keep track of the demographics of the population of 
those who live in our communities.  Wouldn't it be cool if every time 
someone is born or passes away, moves in or moves out of a cohousing 
community, the community liaison person from that community could go 
to our website and adjust the numbers for that community (as well as 
updating the numbers of occupied units for communities built in 
stages).  And the national totals would instantly adjust so anyone 
looking at the data could get a instant and current picture of one 
aspect of "who lives in cohousing."

Someone made a comment about balance. How about this for a balance to 
"too many" single older women.  Doyle Street Cohousing in Emeryville, 
CA, a very small community of 12 units on .29 of an acre. has, by 
very recent count, 13 children (and their parents, of course) living there.

I used to live there, and when the first 8 households moved in, in 
1992 we had only one child among us.

Joani Blank
Swan's Market Cohousing
Oakland, CA







Joani Blank
land line : 510-834-7399 (preferred)
cell: 510-387-1315
joani [at] swansway.com