hehe you're right about the shrinking of the average bedroom. And about the limits on the number of people living in a dwelling. One of my favorite rants is about the law they passed in Montgomry County mandating three-bedroom apartments for every family. This was for our own good, you understand. Better homelessness than over crowding. DOn't get me started.
As for Waco, I see your point, but... put it this way, I homeschool. I'm used to blowing off the uniformed demonizer. Dana On 7/28/05, S. Isaac Dealey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > children being raised by a community of adults. > > I believe that the kibbutz is an example of > > this. I am not aware of any particular > > demonization of the form in the US, but I > > haven't gone much beyond a room-mate or two. > > There are a few exceptions, hence the "intentional communities > movement", however, most people in our culture are so violently, > abjectly averse to the idea of living with people (GASP!) that the > response you get from "we're considering having a rommate move in" is > "Why in the name of ALL THAT IS HOLY would you EVER consider doing > something so monumentally stupid?! They'll fuck you over and you'll be > sorry!" I've personally received this response more or less from more > than one person. Others are okay with a roommate but continue to > consider anything more than one or two roomates bizarre and perverse. > Most people when you say "intentional communitie" or even "commune" > respond with "you mean a cult? Like those people in waco?" Tell me > that's not demonizing the situation. > > Then there are the pragmatic ways in which the culture either > inadvertently or passive-aggressively makes extended-family or > communal living more difficult. Local laws place restrictions on the > number of people who are allowed to inhabit a dwelling -- and no > builder in our country builds anything for more than 5, with 3 of them > children, with ever-shrinking children's rooms (which in many places > are roughly the size of a walk-in closet in new houses). The dwelling > designed for more than 2-3 adults is simply not manufactured anymore, > and yet, it's illegal to house more in the existing dwellings, which > means if you want an extended family in our country, you have to be > wealthy enough to build your own house. In some cases it's even > illegal to build structures that are more ecologically conscious -- > here in Florida it's perfectly possible to build a structure with > passive air-flow that wouldn't require central air-conditioning... but > it's illegal to live in it (I'm not certain, but I think it's illegal > to build it now actually) because the design doesn't accomodate > air-conditioning. > > > s. isaac dealey 954.522.6080 > new epoch : isn't it time for a change? > > add features without fixtures with > the onTap open source framework > > http://www.fusiontap.com > http://coldfusion.sys-con.com/author/4806Dealey.htm > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:167142 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
