When I lived in Ann Arbor, I liked the principles of the co-housing communities there — push the cars to the edges; create actually useful common spaces both to make it easier to live in a smaller space (community workshop; spare guest rooms) and to help build community amongst neighbors (large community kitchen and occasional community meals) — but I couldn’t get over the suburban, greenfield setting. I longed to see more urban cohousing communities take root.

I was excited to see recently this Gowanus Lounge post about the newly forming Brooklyn Cohousing Group. I saw the post 30 minutes after the meeting started, but hope to make the next one on December 5th. I suspect this group might not be for us, though. Their stated priorities are “walking distance to Prospect Park” and “good schools” which (to me) means “Park Slope” and “not in the budget” — unless the housing market tanks and I still have a good job.

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