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  • Frederick Smith on 20 Sep 13
     
    UPDATE ON: 'In 1994, The New York Times reported on how those members, or "partners," as they called themselves, had settled into their first year of life as a community ("Retirement? For 11 Friends, It's Off to Camp"). It was one of a number of such experiments, known as cohousing communities, that were springing up around the country at the time, based on a Danish model developed in the 1960s.... How did the experiment turn out? On the 20th anniversary, the consensus was generally positive. As Helen Papke, 84, observed, it has been a lesson in patience. "When it's good, it's so good," she said. "And when it's bad, it's so bad, the angst and argument we have with each other. But we have a conviction to work it out - and we will." Dick Browning, 78, whose wife, Louise, died in 2007, was more effusive. "I love it," he said. "I love the community." Of the original 11 members, seven are still here, although apart from Ms. Browning, no one has died. (One couple and one woman left for personal reasons.) The community has taken on new members, so there are now 13 altogether...,'
  • Frederick Smith on 20 Sep 13
     
    UPDATE ON: 'In 1994, The New York Times reported on how those members, or "partners," as they called themselves, had settled into their first year of life as a community ("Retirement? For 11 Friends, It's Off to Camp"). It was one of a number of such experiments, known as cohousing communities, that were springing up around the country at the time, based on a Danish model developed in the 1960s.... How did the experiment turn out? On the 20th anniversary, the consensus was generally positive. As Helen Papke, 84, observed, it has been a lesson in patience. "When it's good, it's so good," she said. "And when it's bad, it's so bad, the angst and argument we have with each other. But we have a conviction to work it out - and we will." Dick Browning, 78, whose wife, Louise, died in 2007, was more effusive. "I love it," he said. "I love the community." Of the original 11 members, seven are still here, although apart from Ms. Browning, no one has died. (One couple and one woman left for personal reasons.) The community has taken on new members, so there are now 13 altogether...,'
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