Ten Great Reasons to Live in Cohousing East Bay Cohousing Ten Great Reasons to Live in Cohousing by Rob Sandelin Living in community offers security. You can rely on your neighbors to help you, even when you don't ask. This is huge for me, that my family is in a safe and supportive place. My grandmother died recently, my neighbors knew all about it, sent cards and sympathy and support to my family. HER neighbors didn't even know she was sick, most of them didn't even know her name.
Community offers social opportunities.
I can have wonderful and meaningful interactions with people I like, who are my neighbors, just by sitting out on my porch. I really enjoy hanging out and talking with folks about everything, politics, the news, kids. Sharing our histories and ourselves grows a wonderful bond among us, I suppose much like encounter groups do. Supportive place for kids to grow up. Safe, lots of friends-both other kids and adults.