Crunchy Con on Cohousing

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This story from yesterday is another sign to me that the ideas of shared community - not as just a concept but as a concrete reality - are catching on:

Cohousing

The idea in play here is discussed from a secular angle, but still has merit. It includes:

1. Participatory process.
2. Neighborhood design.
3. Common facilities.
4. Resident management.
5. Non-hierarchical structure and decision-making.
6. No shared community economy.

I'd like to interact with some of these ideas as I have more time. But this is at the heart of what I see as gathered communities heading into a new Dark Age. These communities would serve as bastions to preserve Biblical learning, the best of Western culture, and a rich and winsome Christian fellowship, with all that it implies.

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