Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: One more good reason for those who do NOT live in cohousing to know their neighbors better.

[Ann Zabaldo (zabaldo]

Just in case anyone else is interested in the Austrian case:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritzl_case

I should remember I can find everything on Wikipedia which is why I donate 
money to this resource!!  Now ... just remember to use it ...  :-)

Best --

Ann Zabaldo
Takoma Village Cohousing
Washington, DC
Principal, Cohousing Collaborative, LLC
Falls Church VA
703-688-2646

On May 8, 2013, at 7:58 AM, R Philip Dowds wrote:

> 
> It seems unlikely that kidnappers and other deviants looking for anonymity 
> would choose to live in cohousing.  But your comment implies an interesting 
> question:
> 
> Yes, it's really true that in cohousing we get to know our fellow members 
> pretty well; that's why we moved in.  But ... do we think that cohousing 
> members have better knowledge of, and relations with, the regular folk living 
> up and down the street in conventional housing, than these regular folk 
> typically have with each other?  In other words, are cohousing residents more 
> neighborly beyond their property boundary than the regular folk populating 
> the rest of the neighborhood?  Any evidence Yea or Nay?
> 
> R Philip Dowds
> Cornerstone Cohousing
> Cambridge, MA
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
> On May 7, 2013, at 8:33 PM, Joani Blank <jeblank [at] swansway.com> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Charles_____who initiated the rescue of the kidnapped 
>> women in Cleveland, says in this interview, "I know 
>> something is wrong when a little bitty white girl runs 
>> into a black man's arms!"
>> 
>> http://www.upworthy.com/must-watch-3-young-women-missing-for-10-years-and-locked-in-house-freed-by-awesome-good-samaritan-2?c=upw1
>>  
>> 
>> 
>> Also, I can't help but think that this kind of horror 
>> (plus more 'ordinary' incidences of sexual and domestic 
>> violence) would be nipped in the bud more frequently if 
>> people everywhere knew their neighbors even a little 
>> bit better---which is why I'm posting this on the 
>> cohousing listserve.
>> 
>> -- 
>> /_______________________
>> Most people don't know there are angels whose only job 
>> is to make sure you don't get too comfortable & fall 
>> asleep & miss your life./
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