I want to add in this regard that when I was living with my girlfriend a year
and a half ago in an apartment, we had a policy of always having an open room
for guests. We would rent a one bedroom with loft, and the loft would be "my"
room but also the computer/library room and guest room (because she and I
would sleep together in her bedroom most of the time unless we were having a
snit). This was because I felt that a house without people moving through it
was a dead house. So we often would have guests staying with us for a couple
weeks at a time.
There was one time that we had about three other people living with us for a
period of several months. During this time, my girlfriend's car broke down, so
my car was the only car. I had no problem with anyone from the household using
my car to go run errands, etc. It was just a matter of coordinating things.
This situation was positive because I felt less lonely, and more connected.
For the time being, it also meant less cars.
Our apartment complex had over 100 units. I could imagine such a complex
collectivizing, and then pooling money to buy so many cars available for
collective use, or even an option of donating one's car as a downpayment on
leasing the unit as a member of the collective, and then people using the cars
as need saw, in local areas, with special sign up forms for more longterm
usage. Or even buying a bus or something.
I can also imagine collectivized apartment complexes like this planting
fruit and nut trees all around. (Lots of complexes already plant decorative
trees ; why not plant trees that provide food for the inhabitants?)
As far as I'm aware, the Ecovillage in Los Angeles at Vermont and First
represents such a collectivized apartment complex, at least to some extent.
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