> That wasn't the community I was thinking of > - there's TONS of coops in Madison. In fact, > there's one right across the street from > my office. But, I wouldn't say that they're > necessarily intentional communities, by my > understanding of them. The coops tend to be > a group of folks that live in the same house > and share meals - but they're not exactly > close-knit. In Madison, at least, they also > tend to fall into several niche groups - > druggies, hippies, or punks. (The one > across from my office is a druggie house, > or at least it was when one of my friends > lived there. He moved out and joined NA - > which became his new community of sorts.) > The coops aren't designed to be self- > supporting, resources aren't pooled (you > pay for the meals as part of your rent) - > they're just shared places to live. (For > the most part - there might be exceptions.)
Ahh... well, FIC has a very loose definition of "intentional community" which includes any kind of co-housing, so the co-ops would be included in that... that's why they end up being listed... the printed directory is the size of a phone book for a moderately populated town. It's certainly nothing like the 4-volume set of yellow & white bricks for Dallas -- but it's roughly half the size of one of those or similar to the Orlando yellow pages IIRC. > The one I was thinking of was out in the > country and much more along the lines of > Zendik, from what I could tell. It might > actually be defunct now. I think they > called it a "social living experiment." I wouldn't mind living in a co-op assuming it wasn't a drug-haven. Although my ideal would be a place that's more rural and mostly self-sustaining. 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:167230 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
