Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: guest post on privacy in cohousing?

[Beverly Jones Redekop (beverly.jones.redekop]

Excellent editing! That is exactly what I was trying to say, but your
changes make the meaning clearer and more precise.

On Sat, Oct 10, 2015, 6:39 AM Fred H Olson <fholson [at] cohousing.org> wrote:

>
> I like Beverly Jones Redekop 10/8/15 post about "privacy in cohousing"
> http://lists.cohousing.org/archives/cohousing-l/msg39585.html
> tho I would reword one key sentence:
>
> >Many garage-oriented neighbourhoods today have too much privacy and
> >some of the sixties experiments had too much connection.
>
> I think a better way to express the same idea is:
>
>  Many garage-oriented neighbourhoods today provide too few
>  opportunities for connection with neighbors while some of the sixties
>  experiments provided too few opportunities for privacy.  Cohousing
>  provides a better balance of facilities for privacy and for connection
>  with neighbors.
>
> Regarding sun exposure that Philip noted... We have two adirondack
> chairs in our east facing front yard and a large spruce tree on the
> south edge of the yard.  We can generally move the chairs to some
> shade or sun as we desire.
>
> We dont live in cohousing but on a friendly block in Minneapolis.  We
> keep a couple folding chairs in the front hall in case a neighbor
> stops by tho this does not happen often.  We sometimes take our lunch
> to those chairs.  Unfortunately our neighbors dont spend much time in
> their front yards tho a few spend time gardening in their front yards.
>
> Fred
>
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