This is a late reply, but I’ve been meaning to add on to my reply to you. After thinking and reading about cohousing for a bit, I realized there is a cohousing community in Nevada City, right across from the area with the library and prison. Have you noticed it? I don’t know many details of the place, but I do know some people who have lived there and I’ve generally heard good feedback. White Light did a kirtan there last year, actually.

Anyway, just wanted to pass that along. Hope all is well!

Best,

David

I haven’t heard too much about Cohousing, so thank you for passing this on to me! I think it’s very likely that tough economic times will encourage people to try creative living structures in local environments. I’ll certainly research Cohousing and try to learn more about it.

Glad you enjoyed the article, thank you for the feedback! Hope all is well.

Best,

David

Have you heard of Cohousing? Here is a link:

http://www.cohousing.org/what_is_cohousing

These have been around and seem to work fairly well. I don’t think they have quite the cooperative energy that would be considered Cooperative Communities. I do think some work well. I know people living in one and they say they tend to have to “work things out” a lot….issues. Some aren’t vegetarian and some are…some are vegan and so they tend to have issues about community meals. I don’t know if they just keep it vegetarian at meals or not. They do tend to have gardens and share costs of things, like cable and internet. Each place seems to be different but do have like minded goals in mind.
Check it out.