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How much is protecting your child worth?
I am planning a trip to Florida and I wanted to see the Holy land Amusement park. Instead I found an article in the Christian magazine about how it shut down last year. Seems appropriate – a plague brought it … Continue reading
Back to school
I read another cohousing article recently where one woman mentioned she had a friend who lived in a retirement community. She pointed out how much this friend hated it there and felt like they returned to high school with the … Continue reading
Another Day Another Cult
This week two movies about cults (or cult like) were released. I was so happy to see the mysterious “Don’t Worry Darling”. I could tell it was creepy and the town was holding a secret from the promotions. It started … Continue reading
Candyman and Housing
I was at a Halloween party this weekend and they had B movies in the background. Then, they switched it to Candyman. I noticed right away that the dialogue and the visual shots were all about housing – affordability, projects, … Continue reading
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No real commitments to social bonding
I found this blog post on someone’s experience in cohousing. Perfect timing. We are having huge health issues in our household and I wonder what it would’ve been like at cohousing. Now I have more verification that leaving was the … Continue reading
Netflix’s The Watcher review
I just binge watched Netflix’s The Watcher. I was hooked the minute I saw the trailer – and it has Olivia Newton John’s song in it! Very creepy trailer. I posted the true story article a few weeks ago. I … Continue reading
Book Review – Escaping Utopia and similarities to cohousing
ESCAPING UTOPIA: Growing up in a cult, getting out, and starting over. The book is based on cult/toxic group research and contains many Interviews of cult survivors who were brought into the cult as children (or born in). The first … Continue reading
Lucky if get cohousing built at all
Another article of a cohousing group losing money developing the project (which is fully disclosed) and unable to build. I knew I was lucky to just buy a house built by a developer (since I didn’t have the money to … Continue reading
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viral cohousing collapses
First off, they were never cohousing to begin with. The Cohousing Association is meant to be a bunch of privately owned houses with shared common spaces. That said, this group of divorced mothers bought and shared a house – which … Continue reading
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The Truth is Out There
I am so happy. There is now a book out there that shows exactly what it is like to live in cohousing. Diane Rothbard Margolis published We Built a Village: Cohouising and the Commons. She lays it all out there … Continue reading
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