Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Co-living Bloom

[Crystal Farmer (crystalbyrdfarmer]

I have seen the co-living trend too. It is definitely from the Millennial
start-up culture, and yes, they don't have a connection to the current
cohousing movement. That's probably because they are the type who aren't
interested in the traditional methods of investing money (like buying a
house).

For those on the list, are you interested in connecting with that group of
folks? Do you think you have something to learn from them? Or is there a
lot you can teach them? I'm a Millennial but also a single parent from a
lower class background, so I feel like an outside observer. I know I have
many friends in Asheville and DC who would do co-living!

Crystal Farmer
Charlotte Cohousing Community
(We are on Facebook at www.facebook.com/charlottecohousing)

Quote from John:
Over the last 6 months, I have started noticing that the co-working
conversations are starting to have a side conversation about
co-living. The folks
at We Work is the first large commercial effort with their We Live project
that I heard about.

Today, I got a social media reference to a collection of articles about
co-living.

It looks to me like there is a new energy building around co-housing, by a
group that has no information about co-housing or any of the previous
efforts.

Take a look:

https://medium.com/browse/cf96582c6b64


This is why I think it is important for the cohousing communities to spend more
effort talking to the wider world.

Any chance your community has a regular social media program telling
your story?
A YouTube Channel perhaps?