I'm a single mom, and a single mom friend of mine is currently looking for housing. We have both talked about our dream of what a community housing situation could look like for our children.
Even if just the two of us joined forces, we could help each other out financially with shared rent and utilities, shared domestic chores and childcare exchanges.
We both want to live in a place where our children are welcomed, have a safe space to play and have other children to play with who have been raised in a healthy, positive way.
We were talking about what it would be like to be a part of an entire community that really shared resources, and we both agreed it would be a beautiful thing.
She told me that several years ago she had been part of a mastermind group, and had written of her dream to live in a pedestrian community in which she could walk, bike and horseback ride without fear of getting hit by a car. The group told her "Dream On!"
I think there are a lot of us that share that dream. I don't think we have to wait for somebody else to start the perfect Utopian community somewhere else either, I think we could start out here, in Santa Barbara.
I know there are other Santa Barbarians who share the dream. When my sons preschool was on the brink of dissolving, one of the fathers asked "How many of us want to live in a community together?" I was the only one who raised my hand, but that is still two of us out of a group of under twenty people.
Does anybody know of a community that already exists in Santa Barbara? And if not, are there other people who are interested in starting a small community here? Maybe not the full, Utopian Community Planet vision of 500 people entirely self-sustaining, but a small community that could start right away.
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Starting a Local Community
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Posted 3 years ago #
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I believe it's an odd paradox, but nevertheless one that's true. We will not have "community" until men and women can love one another again. And men and women will not be able to love one another again, until we have community. It's quite a dilemma. And obviously one could write a book trying to explain it. The best I can offer right now is my website www.cooperative-community.info
Chris
Posted 3 years ago # -
check out ic.org they have a huge list of communities just beware the (forming) communities that could mean anything. but its worth checking out!
Posted 3 years ago # -
With regards to what Chris wrote a year ago....maybe you just have a mental block about creating community!!!
Posted 1 year ago #
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