Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Privacy for Introverts

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

> On Oct 1, 2015, at 8:25 AM, Fred-List manager <fholson [at] cohousing.org> 
> wrote:
> I believe that the inside of my home is my private space.  However, we have
> 3-5 members who have moved in over the past one to two years that think we
> should be able to provide privacy for them in their backyards.

They moved into the community with no fences. I would suggest that they are now 
wanting something that is the opposite of what the community was when they 
moved in. They accepted no fences but are now having to get used to that. Or 
perhaps they believed once they lived there, they would be able to build 
fences. Perhaps one of the neighbors told them that.

I suggest that they are having buyers remorse and just need to adjust. I 
wouldn’t jump to fast action to change the community because new members now 
want it to be different.

And fences don’t assure not being seen so the argument is a bit over the top. 
Plant trees.

Sharon
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Sharon Villines
Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
http://www.takomavillage.org