Delicious LiveJournal Links for 6-15-2009

[andrewducker]

• Nocturnal Gundam
  It's illuminated! And it moves!
  (tags: gundam japan anime statue)
• Co-housing - a better way of living?
  A modern version of communes, crossed with student flats. Kinda thing.
  (tags: housing society social)

Comments

[andlosers.livejournal.com]

My cousin created a cohousing space in Den Haag a couple of decades ago, and I'm always jealous of it when I visit. It really does seem, in many ways, to be a much better way to live.

[broin.livejournal.com]

Something like c-housing is very common in Dublin. Because rents are so high - €1,000 - €1,500 for a small one bedroom flat in the city centre - many friends share bigger flats, with 5 or 6 people sharing, even hotbunking.

But I really like the idea of scaling that up even more. Stuff like Freecycle helps with sharing resources, but we're not quite there yet.

[andrewducker]

Well, I've known plenty of people that fancied the idea of (say) a block of flats which is owned between friends.

Tricky to maintain over time though.

[cybik.livejournal.com]

A few years ago in my area there was a small castle for sale (I say "small", but it had about 10 bedrooms!) for about £400k. Would have been awesome as a community thing.

[flickgc.livejournal.com]

Fannish retirement villages. Communal libraries, wifi throughout. Give it a couple of decades....

[cybik.livejournal.com]

Ben, if you ever set up a cohousing space I for one will happily live in it. I say that because you're the kind of person who *would*..

[andlosers.livejournal.com]

It'd be awesome - but I'd want to have it somewhere warm. Spain, mayhap.

[cybik.livejournal.com]

Italy! ITALY! ;)

[andlosers.livejournal.com]

Two thumbs up!

[cybik.livejournal.com]

I for one would be round from eating all the food. Om nom nom.

[broin.livejournal.com]

Communal library! I'd just been thinking about sharing hoovers. But that'd rock.