Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Thank you from a new community!

[Robert Heinich (robert]

Quoting Gerald Manata <gmanata2003 [at] yahoo.com>:
"I am seeing that there can be significant differences between   
cohousing complexes. I wonder what accounts for these differences. How  
much does geography,for example, the local surrounding politics and  
culture matter?"

It can be luck as you noted.  I attribute the closeness of Eno Commons  
to three factors:
1) We are smallish (22 households) community.  Fewer faces to know.
2) Only 2 house designs.  While the houses are well built, people join  
for the community.
3) High percentage of children.  Children are 40% of our community so  
we have lots of interactions.

-Robert Heinich
 Eno Commons Cohousing Neighborhood
 http://www.enocommons.org
 Durham, NC
 where the girls of Athena's Train are practicing for a Shakespeare  
production.