research-l Mailing List: co-living in the Economist

[Robert Boyer (rboyer1]

Hey friends,

Check out this article, just published in the economist. It's on co-living, which is, from my perspective, developer-led cohousing on steroids. I think it's an interesting trend worth watching closely. It's emergence may have a lot to do with the same impulses that motivate cohousing, but it's also clear that it's production and constituency is so different that it might lead to very different outcomes. It also forces the question: what counts as cohousing, and where does developer-led cohousing fall on the spectrum between resident-led cohousing and co-living? Is developer-lead cohousing different at all from co-living? Is it just a matter of scale? Interested in your thoughts.

Robert

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Robert Boyer

Assistant Professor

Department of Geography & Earth Sciences

UNC Charlotte

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