Does Cohousing Work?

Cohousing communities are cropping up around the state. In a surreal sort of way, they might be perfect.

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May 9, 2001, 12:00 PM PDT

"First pioneered in Denmark as a way to cultivate community without giving up the privacy or autonomy that middle-class Westerners have come to demand, cohousing is the late-20th century reinvention of communal living by people who want to keep their privacy and cede it, too."

Thanks to Design Architecture

FULL STORY: It's A Commune, It's A Condo, It's ... Cohousing

Tuesday, May 8, 2001 in The San Francisco Chronicle

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