Cohousing-L Mailing List: How to start and try cohousing for a young Peruvian family?

[Ruth Hirsch (heidinys]

Dear Katie, and Others,

I feel like the Whos in Whoville:
We are here!  We are here!  We are here!

100 miles up the road from NYC!
We built sixteen years ago.
Neighbors have commuted to NYC-- from our co-ho community, staying overnight in 
City, but others in the region, plenty others, take the train or bus to NYC 
daily!  Though not leaving tis beautiful area is a preference for many of us. 

I participate in this List periodically, and we are findable with a google 
search.  Anyway, here we are!

all best wishes for a great weekend,
Ruth
Cantines Island CoHousing
Saugerties, NY




Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 16:37:06 -0800 (PST)
From: Katie Henry <katie-henry [at] att.net>
Subject: [C-L]_ How to start and try cohousing for a young Peruvian
        family?


Hi, Alexis.

We are neighbors; I live in South Orange.

Yes, Montclair is expensive for northern NJ, but you'd have to move way out to 
save enough to make it worthwhile. Did you see this piece on the nation's 
highest property taxes on CNN today? Essex County is right there in the top ten.

http://money.cnn.com/2013/11/25/pf/taxes/property-taxes/index.html

There are no cohousing communities within commuting distance of NYC. There are 
communities in various states of formation in NJ and CT, but they would be a 
long haul to the city. There are also some forming communities in the 
Philadelphia area, which would be a good location for getting to the city 
periodically. You have to decide if you want to get involved with a forming 
community that is far from where you currently live and may never materialize, 
or not for some years.

The DC area might be your best bet for reasonable access to NYC (less than four 
hours by train).?There are lots of existing cohousing communities, some urban, 
some rural, and most of the region is very diverse and international. It's not 
going to be a lot cheaper than northern NJ, however.?

Massachusetts also has a number of existing cohousing communities and Boston is 
about 3.5 hours by train (but Mass. is colder and can be more expensive than 
DC).

If you only need to visit NYC once a month or so and could fly in, that opens 
up the whole rest of the country.?

Katie Henry