Can microvillages make housing better for a new generation?

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Can microvillages make housing better for a new generation? | Trish Becker-Hafnor | Chase Street Commons
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More than half of all baby boomers owned homes by age 30. For Gen Xers, that number dwindled to 48%, and for millennials, it’s 42%.
A lack of affordable housing is a problem, and the problem is more and more pronounced for each subsequent generation. And for those millennials who do end up getting their suburban, stereotypical American Dream home, they can find it is not always what they envisioned - like they needed to create their own Dream.
That’s why one millenial, Trish Becker-Hafnor, created Chase Street Commons, located in Denver, Colorado.
Becker-Hafnor’s solution is coliving. Instead of single-family homes, cohousing families reside in apartments or condos (often called cohousing developments) or planned communities specifically designed to foster community. What Becker-Hafnor’s American Dream looks like is a life filled with friendship, purpose, personal growth and a feeling of belonging.
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@freethink 2 жыл бұрын

What's your ideal kind of living situation?

@RokeJulianLockhart.s13ouq 2 жыл бұрын

Dense accomodation that is similar to current military residence.

@AnthonyAllenJr 2 жыл бұрын

Ideally I would want a condo that has many communal spaces, both outdoor and indoor, with an attached parking deck and a pseudo backyard space for each home. The construction would have to be a bit creative to make it work. Each unit would be 2 stories, about 2,500 Sqft on average, with solid layout and storage. There would be garage space for purchase or rent attached to the condo structure as well, for those who work on cars or just need more storage space. There would be an emphasis on greenery and plants in the building, and sustainable technology, and battery backups/solar, etc. There would be simple community events like food truck Fridays or fireworks for a holiday, etc. There could be a neighborhood of these condo's, where a community center is attached, which would have a cafeteria, a school of childcare facility and a gym. Probably set the whole thing around a park, where you need to walk to get anywhere.

@kennethhudson8013 2 жыл бұрын

To be fair not all people want to live in cities, what about us?

@kennethhudson8013 2 жыл бұрын

I like the idea of purchasing the house and buying land over time. Excellent common sense approach

@AnthonyAllenJr 2 жыл бұрын

@@kennethhudson8013 I get where you're coming from about not wanting to live in the city, but it's not sustainable. The city keeps expanding and coming to the country, or at least the suburbs get out of control. The only way I can see to get around this is to build upwards and set preservation spaces that cannot be purchased or built on, to keep healthy forests and ecosystems.

@BenShutUp 2 жыл бұрын

Yes yes and yes. Huge emphasis on inter-generational residents. Having old folks around is so helpful for life.

@freethink 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! It's also great for older folks, health wise, to be connected to a community and not isolated. Plus it can certainly help with child care.

@chrisklugh 2 жыл бұрын

This is a must thing. We are social creatures. We live in Clans, and groups. Not isolated as we are now. We need to bring back The Village in our cities. Community is everything, there is nothing otherwise.

@thatguy4244 2 жыл бұрын

Wait until they get a karen. the entire model will break down

@PenguinJockey13 2 жыл бұрын

Wait until people start cheating on thier spouses or one person decides they need to elect a community leader and nominate themselves, or a daughter gets pregnant with an older man's baby

@dertythegrower 2 жыл бұрын

@@PenguinJockey13 not if everyone has cctv, which most people do now via ringdoorbells

@PenguinJockey13 2 жыл бұрын

@@dertythegrower and I guarantee there will be at least one person who misuses it to spy on everyone or stalk someone - drama always follows where people go. I mean, live like this if you want and I hope it goes well for them; but I've had roommates before and things always get messy.

@LeahandLevi 2 жыл бұрын

This is a very interesting idea that I think a lot of people are looking for today. This video was really well made.

@freethink 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, glad you liked it!

@vn43twelve 2 жыл бұрын

This is neat! I do think it’s really important to mention that situations like this have existed in communities of color in the west, and indigenous communities around the world, for a long time.

@hassanalbolkiah127 2 жыл бұрын

It's literally just white people discovering what everyone else has had for the past 8000 years.

@bloomingale7868 2 жыл бұрын

Exactly they think they e discovered something new.

@mauriciogerhardt3209 2 жыл бұрын

Community is great until there are people who think differently: why can't I put a chair on the lawn? If people can put chair on the lawn, why can't I put a table? If people can put a table, why can't I put my extra boxes on the lawn. Etc.

@AnthonyAllenJr 2 жыл бұрын

Yep. It's the reason why most people don't know their neighbors right now. Nobody wants that drama, so to each their own.

@TheThomaTube 2 жыл бұрын

I actually live in Co-Housing in Ottawa, Canada. I grew up with a large shared back yard near downtown with shared meals 2 times a week and a strong sense of community. We go camping and do ski trips with our neighbors. If I am missing an egg for a recipe, I can just go knock next door. It's been such a privilege to raise my child in this context as well. Thanks @freethink for sharing this. Also, Trish is incredibly beautiful

@DeathToMockingBirds 2 жыл бұрын

This model needs to be promoted, supported, especially federally. I'd love to see this approach as default for social housing and new development projects, ideally within a national work program to create housing to also fix this affordability crysis.

@cob571 2 жыл бұрын

My wife's family in the Philippines has this exact situation going on. Her grandparents owned a house with a giant yard, and then when they died, he uncles built homes inside, paved the courtyard (yuck), and even invited some neighbours to move onto the land. They have built a communal pool, share vehicles, run a small cafe out of the property, and even have a giant treehouse with rope bridges going to the different rooftops

@devbowman 2 жыл бұрын

So basically you’re opting to live in an apartment complex with a community garden. Yay. If that works for you, then great. Reinvent the wheel and slap a millennial label on it. But why couldn’t you have done that in a suburban neighborhood? Get the heck outside your white picket fence and go knock on a door. Have a block party. Start a community garden, a book share, a tool share etc etc. And when are we going to sunset ‘Hack’?!

@freethink 2 жыл бұрын

Those are great suggestions! As she says at 5:09, cohousing isn't for everyone and people can certainly use concepts from it in traditional neighborhoods.

@KRYMauL 2 жыл бұрын

Idk man knocking up your neighbors house always felt weird to me. Idk if they are in the pajamas and having your backyards face one another is a better way to promote community. I've been to many block parties and they were never as great as having random people from your apartment mates come up by walking. Middle density is important and this is a great way to do it.

@devbowman 2 жыл бұрын

@@KRYMauL I hear what you’re saying.. I guess I’m just the kind guy that likes to have a little green space around me. I was hopeful with the title of the piece thinking it was going to be more Hobbiton than the PJs.

@Iquey 2 жыл бұрын

I love this. Culdesacs and multifamily lots with common outdoors and private indoors is really nice. It's what the older middle class and working class mixed income suburbs used to have, implicity, rather than encoded through zoning or activism related progress as a defense against out if control commodification and speculatiom mc mansion-ifying all property out of reach.

@TyroneKalu00 2 жыл бұрын

So basically the equivalent of a nicer housing project.

@zerubiszeus4687 2 жыл бұрын

They're trying so hard to be different, rather than be efficient & helpful. People just want their own space, but rent is insanely high. Apartments kind of mitigate this & add rec rooms if they're fancy, but what if we took that further?

@Knee-Lew 2 жыл бұрын

It might because they want to maximize the relationship between neighbors without having cramped into one big building. The downside though, is actually mentioned in the video: 1 acre of land only consists of 5 small houses -- and by that, the cost of ownership is rather high, even if spread evenly across those who live there. I don't know the specifics, as I don't live in the US. But I got the concepts of co-housing, as it's actually already present in my country -- though the difference is, we have no open space for gathering between neighbors.

@freethink 2 жыл бұрын

Apartments definitely have a lot of advantages! They're often very sustainable, emissions-wise, and more are sorely needed in many cities currently experiencing shortages to reduce their insane rents. As the video gets into, you can certainly create these types of communities with apartment buildings. The first building profiled, Aria Cohousing, is actually pretty in line with what you are saying - apartments, plus rec rooms, taken further. While it's not as affordable as Trish expected, that could change with scale, addressing the underlying housing shortage, or converting older buildings into them. There are a lot of places outside the US where this is not uncommon. For example, in Germany and Denmark, Baugruppen and Cohousing have a long history as well as a more recent resurgence. www.theurbanist.org/2014/05/08/ready-set-build-collectively/ In India there is a very long history of multigenerational living, and today in cities some families or groups of families live in shared apartment buildings. www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-54053091 In any case, the message of the video isn't that one way of living is best for everyone, but to show how people are finding new and creative approaches to living. Of course, many people will still opt to live in more traditional apartments or houses, and that's fine too.

@anderssvensk4317 2 жыл бұрын

I like the idea but it's not for everyone. I've asperger syndrome together with ADHD, and to live so close to others is a nightmare for me. But I can understand the thoughts behind it. I avoid the big cities and densely populated areas, and try to live close to nature as possible. For me a tiny house is perfect.

@KRYMauL 2 жыл бұрын

You're no closer than any other cul de sac except one must walk to common space if they wish.

@DakkogiRauru23 Жыл бұрын

If you don’t mind me asking, how do you feel about neighbors?

@meshachadams7016 2 жыл бұрын

These communities are intentional. People sign up for this if you don’t want to join you don’t have too.

@alexrivera8239 2 жыл бұрын

This sounds like a HOA community with a coat of paint.

@aramisortsbottcher8201 2 жыл бұрын

HOA?

@genghisbunny 2 жыл бұрын

@@aramisortsbottcher8201 Home Owners' Association, also known as a body corporate in some places. Like the awful people in Desperate Housewives or Fresh Off The Boat who won't let others paint their houses or grow a garden instead of a grass lawn.

@KRYMauL 2 жыл бұрын

This is more like what HOA's pretend to be or rather what they were shown to be in the 1950s.

@aramisortsbottcher8201 2 жыл бұрын

@@genghisbunny oh, ok. Thanks :)

@klekaelly 2 жыл бұрын

I am 22 and don't even want to think about a mortgage payment or rent. I really don't require a lot of space. I'm not materialistic at all. For me, I think the move would be to buy some land in a promising location and build a portable tiny house on it. That is the real American dream. Doing what suits your own needs, and not necessarily what society says you should idealize.

@1MinuteFlipDoc 2 жыл бұрын

i am old and this is my dream as well! LAND!! an RV or mobile home is a-ok by me! :)

@cognitive2.0 2 жыл бұрын

Lol, sorry for my comment, but... It's really funny, because in Soviet Russia there was a phenomenon called "kommunalka", which is very very very similar to micro villages. The difference only that "kommunalkas" were in big cities, but it had same idea of sharing common space :D To be honest, in Russia, everyone who lives in these "kommunalkas" wants to leave it or already left it, because it's really hard to share common space with others. I understand, that in U.S. there is a different situation with quality of life comparing to USSR or modern Russia. But it's really hard to believe that idea of microvillages will be a best solution for housing problem :)

@achinthmurali5207 2 жыл бұрын

I worry this is just buying more for less.

@EvanC881 2 жыл бұрын

I'm always really hesitant to support any system that separates home ownership from land ownership. We see how predatory that system can become with mobile home parks. This feels like a lot of good intentions and a model with limited applications.

@erenepsara794 2 жыл бұрын

You are so right. That's exactly the plan. It could create the new slums.

@juki0h391 2 жыл бұрын

Just by chance, my family moved into a cul-de-sac with a bunch of other kids my age way back in the 90s when I was 4 years old. So, growing up was fun, got to hang out almost everyday with my neighbors, even the adults came together and had parties once in a while. We created out own little festival on the street with just our neighbors and kids. Played in soccer teams together, went trick or treating, went on bike rides, played water gun tag together, soccer, hockey, baseball, go to beach together, library, chasing the ice cream truck around on our bikes, skating boarding to skate parks, going swimming at the local high school like that one movie sandlot, built forts in our backyard, messed around with adults neighbors by hiding behind walls and when they arrived home from work we'd ambush them with our water guns, got into fights of course, played laser tag(yes, they had that in the 90s), hide and seek, nerf gun wars, playstation , n64, pokemon on gameboy, and SOOO much more. It the right place at the right time. Then, after around 8 years we moved to a neighborhood with no cul-de-sac, and all of a sudden, complete silence, no kids, no playing around, nothing. I struggled in my teens, no one to hang out with, no one to talked to, no teens at all, nothing. But, I'm really glad though I had that experience growing up. Was really fun. I use to think that was a thing with neighborhoods, but then we moved and was like, oh, that's not really how it is in the suburbs.

@RokeJulianLockhart.s13ouq 2 жыл бұрын

Vertically dense residence is superior to this proposition, although the cute child almost convinced me.

@DakkogiRauru23 Жыл бұрын

Vertically dense residence is not the only option, and definitely not for everyone. The point of missing middle housing is to have as many options in density as possible.

@azsinger49 2 жыл бұрын

I had a hard time getting past the glottal speaking voice of the lady. Other than that, I like the concept and applaud the effort to make it more affordable.

@theshepherdsflame6017 2 жыл бұрын

Yes. We need this. I need this. Community is the most important key to happiness. Truly I tell you.

@aaditya_alive 2 жыл бұрын

It is great for community integration. It facilitates social connection and sense of fraternity and belonging. Great Idea!

@I_like_Plants130 2 жыл бұрын

I don’t feel like any solutions are solving the crisis. After the housing crisis of (2008?) you’d think corporations wouldn’t be allowed to sit on housing but nope. But what am I thinking? They got a bail out while the people sufferd.

@zachrobhan 2 жыл бұрын

Great as long as you like all your neighbors.

@robertlyons8154 2 жыл бұрын

Cool concept

@princearthur4946 Жыл бұрын

Excellent vision! Love your work!

@NaturesInfiniteWELLth-fo6rs Ай бұрын

I’m in a new town that I have my own home/property, that also has a great community vibe as well. Perfect for me. :) Anyone can choose which parts are for them. So many opportunities have been and are constantly being created here. And so much support if needed. It was voted one of the friendliest communities in Canada and it lives up to that for me. The best of both worlds for me. 💝 If someone sees a need and is willing to put effort in it gets done, with calling on others to contribute/be a part of it. So greatfull to be here…located in Annapolis Valley, NS. I read up to chapter 6 in a book on intentional communities and knew it wasn’t right for me. Nor was the last area I lived in. It’s called Creating a Life Together. Excellent resource.

@robert2690 2 жыл бұрын

This is perfect if you’re a social person But for someone who has social anxiety, an introvert, those people prefer to stay away from social spaces.

@akrit.ghimire 2 жыл бұрын

Your videos are so eye-opening and high quality, how do you not have more views and subs because youse totally deserve them!!! I would definitely try co-housing at some point!

@LukaszWiklendt 2 жыл бұрын

So, you buy the thing that depreciates and lease the thing that appreciates.

@ebisliva7700 2 жыл бұрын

Good luck leasing the land that your house sits on... I'm sure the lessors can put it to great use :-P

@DakkogiRauru23 Жыл бұрын

It may be that some families buy homes with no intention of selling them (wanting generations to live there).

@harshshah7250 2 жыл бұрын

Fun for extroverts, a nightmare for introverts

@DakkogiRauru23 Жыл бұрын

It depends. Isolation isn’t the only solution for introverts.

@Interopader 2 жыл бұрын

Wait. So you have to buy the building, but you don't own the land. So really you're just renting and having to pay for the building. This is brilliant scheme by the bank providing this. Might I also assume it's the cheapest construction materials, and the price of the land will only go up. What is the impact of all your neighbors also not owning their land even if you do? Yikes.

@vic5201992 2 жыл бұрын

you most have missed the point of leasing the land till you can buy it, this porject just split the purchase price in two

@dertythegrower 2 жыл бұрын

No... how did this get 9 votes up?? Listen again clearly what he says at 4:50 (lease until they own it too)

@dertythegrower 2 жыл бұрын

@@vic5201992 thank you victor

@Interopader 2 жыл бұрын

@@vic5201992 Yes but I'm sure the long-term plan here is that most buyers whom can't afford an entire property will likely never be able to afford the land. Thus will never actually own the property. So the question is what rights does the owner of the home have? If they only pay for the home and never purchased the land how does that work, can they be evicted?

@vic5201992 2 жыл бұрын

@@Interopader that would be a biggest question i would have to along with the price of the land going up in the future . but the idea is hey take out a loan on a house and not the house + the land so you have a small down payment hopfully get the land later

@prayanjaltomar752 2 жыл бұрын

This is the best KZfaq channel i found

@UJJ 2 жыл бұрын

Tolerance and carefully designed regulation should precede to open and share each other's boundaries.

@stevenblood6554 2 жыл бұрын

I'd be more interested in buying about 50 acres (pipe dream right now) and dividing it among my extended family and friends to make a farming 'village.'

@jamieh9253 2 жыл бұрын

This is sooo cool

@realblueswan 2 жыл бұрын

Great vid

@sourabhthakur7947 2 жыл бұрын

Your research works are great.

@veggieboyultimate 2 жыл бұрын

I wonder if this can be applied for native americans

@I_like_Plants130 2 жыл бұрын

Do you mean reservations/native towns? It can be applied to any race…..since it’s just race.

@RokeJulianLockhart.s13ouq 2 жыл бұрын

Obviously it is able to be. Why would they be different?

@treeodore4369 2 жыл бұрын

Yo! I LOVE this idea.

@Will-sq3ip 2 жыл бұрын

This is sound like a good and happy idea. But unfortunately, there are people who prefer privacy over community. Believe me I should know.

@DakkogiRauru23 Жыл бұрын

Wouldn’t it depend on what one means by privacy?

@jeffGordon852 2 жыл бұрын

we been doing that in the hood for a long time, the hood cookout and all and all.

@Mustang46liters 2 жыл бұрын

So who really owns the land if you’re leasing it?

@PenguinJockey13 2 жыл бұрын

Blackrock, of course

@KRYMauL 2 жыл бұрын

@@PenguinJockey13 No, it's one of the neighbors.

@pstanify 2 жыл бұрын

Considering Cohousing on FB. Not your standard information but an essential read for anyone considering joining or already a member. This looks behind the usual claims about cohousing, based on detailed research and years of personal experience. Questions you should ask, and analysis of patterns across many communities. Regular updates. Check it out.

@zinjanthropus322 2 жыл бұрын

It's not the houses, it's the people. They just don't talk to each other anymore. People in suburbs used to know their neighbours.

@pebblepod30 2 жыл бұрын

Medium Density or even higher is absolutely necessary for younger & next generation of normal workers to own their own homes, & not be part of the Black Rock exploitation machine.

@KRYMauL 2 жыл бұрын

medium density is enough for most people.

@MultiLuhar 2 жыл бұрын

Does anyone know the name of the instrumental piece playing right at the end? From 6:20~

@kennethhudson8013 2 жыл бұрын

I have an idea for a village for seniors with a 24x48 home that is super energy and wind resistant

@csgtfaught 2 жыл бұрын

The production of this video is nice but the content is just not researched well. They are describing old school community values and ideas that you can achieve in the suburbs and even city apartment life easily. Plus the whole 20% down thing is wrong. Many banks would like you to have 20% down but it is not necessary. You can get a home loan with $0 down. Both first time home buyers and repeat home buyers can qualify for USDA loans and military families can apply through the VA. The only money you are out is closing costs(3-5% of the purchase price generally). There are also Lender Credits and seller concessions you can go for. The barrier to entry for home ownership is not a matter of money but ignorance of the options and assistance available.

@5starrater1 2 жыл бұрын

Yes!

@TheSkystrider 2 жыл бұрын

I keep hearing about the huge success that Menonite colonies have with communal living.

@maddiekits 2 жыл бұрын

Microvillages is only a solution to social alienation in low density housing, it won't increase density to the extent needed to actually improve housing obtainability very much. Good street design and the density needed to actually achieve that goal generally solves the alienation problem on it's own. So it's kinda a solution to a problem that shouldn't exist.

@DakkogiRauru23 Жыл бұрын

Eh, I’m not too sure solutions to isolation is always density. A person can be isolated socially in NYC, and many are. Being able to go home to a stable environment of people can solve that at a small, intimate scale.

@user-bn8ie5zt9x 2 жыл бұрын

Nice

@SantosiusMaximus 2 жыл бұрын

I have been wondering for some time, but have been unable to properly articulate - why, in a city, surrounded by people, do we not put our phones down, take our ear buds out, and just talk to each other? I get what was said in the beginning of this article, living in the suburbs and being lonely. I live in a big, densely populated city, and I don't know my neighbors, I don't know anyone in my neighborhood, but I'd like to. What do you think has made us so uncomfortable with just talking to each other, as people sharing a space, acknowledging each other's presence?

@wovasteengova 2 жыл бұрын

Another great article by freethink.

@lorddabian5030 2 жыл бұрын

Greetings from Aruba

@emmanuelgutierrez8616 2 жыл бұрын

That's one route tiny homes can go

@CUBETechie 2 жыл бұрын

Appartements with supermarket restaurants bars café Kindergarten in a walkable distance from home or accessable with a tight interval public transportation system

@amuaiz 2 жыл бұрын

This is hell for introverts

@The_Cyber_System 2 жыл бұрын

I feel like the wording could be tweaked a bit in Freethink videos. There's a lot of "American this" and "American that" while I'm pretty sure that a lot of viewers aren't American. One particular quote at 5:27 is "Cohousing is one way younger Americans are reconceptualising the dream of home ownership." Yes, the expression is "the American dream," but it's also not just Americans facing these problems or inventing solutions. A lot of the viewers are probably American, many of the people interviewed for the videos are American, and the whole Freethink team is probably American. But people from other countries exist too and it would be awesome if the wording could have a bit less exclusivity. It's not a horrendous problem and the content is great, but this is something that could be improved going forward. Great video, love the idea of microvillages 👍 Meanwhile I'm probably going to live life as a one-bag country-hopping digital nomad, because you get to have more diverse life experiences.

@vedd2603 2 жыл бұрын

Everything goes well until a conflict

@sicko_the_ew 2 жыл бұрын

It definitely shouldn't be made impossible by over-regulation. The more each person can hope to find some part of the world that suits him or her better than what people in totally standardized, homogenized environments can find, the better the world, surely? As far as the broader society goes, though, I think it would be better to encourage everyone to realize their dreams in a denser neighbourhood, where the car is pushed even further out. Insisting on sprawl is refusing to take the climate crisis seriously. (Which is fair enough if you think it's a hoax, but inconsistent if it's something that matters to you.) What makes the most "spatial sense" to me is for everyone in a suburb to live in an enormous central block with green space on either side. Then you keep reconfiguring the green space to try and turn the whole into a better environment than traditional suburbia offers. (Yes, this keeps suburbia to some extent, but it's kind of meant to. A compromise. Try take whats good from the inner city and what's good from suburbia, and insist on having both.)

@QuietlyHere666 2 жыл бұрын

Basically retaking the commons by buying them and sharing them communally. Alternatively, we could see the initial theft of the commons for what it was, a theft. Return the commons back to the population, providing housing and the true "pursuit of happiness" without making the initial thieves richer in the process

@philoslother4602 2 жыл бұрын

What American dream? Who can afford a home on the median wage now? (35k usd a year vs 380k for a house)

@jeffhall9292 Жыл бұрын

Community Land Trust owns the land?

@theonetruemango 2 жыл бұрын

> Own the home but not the land Wow you just reinvented the trailer park

@dertythegrower 2 жыл бұрын

you are just repeating a comment that also did not pay attention.. lease until they own.. that's not the same as a 55 and older lease land trailer park.

@silasbishop3055 2 жыл бұрын

They need to start with local zoning

@Distress. 2 жыл бұрын

You don't want her to grow up alone? She doesn't go to school? Suburbs can have other kids. Have another kid

@philoslother4602 2 жыл бұрын

Have a dog* Send your child to sports clubs if you have enough money to buy a house Crazy dumbasses

@lukabowen2223 2 жыл бұрын

Can we just get rid of arduous zoning laws?

@Rhythm911 2 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah But its not based on the Consumer Geared housing market with cookie-cutter lives its for everyone, in every generation living in the New Millennium who decides quality IS better than quantity. You might want to lead with facts related to the subject as anyone reading this might think you made a mistake And it only took a couple decades to get rolling. Now if all these wilderness homesteaders, of which I'm becoming one very soon, get on board with their families, extended families, and friends , etc etc . Its best if you know , like and get along with people that are joining your little village . Maybe we'll even end up with a better quality of humans after they are raised by the village with standard guidelines. But it's better than what we were led to believe, especially now with only rich people being able to LIVE that Dream, as it turns to a nightmare!! A dream IS just a dream, for most of us if you don't totally divorce ourselves from the BS hype, sold to us by con-men [after WW2 and then the Korean Conflict] of Consumer based Cheaply built, Outrageously priced housing. !!!!

@olistiktok 2 жыл бұрын

VOCAL FRY............PLEASE STOP THIS HABIT.......................

@melt7891 2 жыл бұрын

No it won’t

@milom3712 2 жыл бұрын

You should look at the old communist blocks. They were way ahead of their time. Usually a block of buildings with a huge park in the middle (playground, soccer field, basketball court, etc). Each block usually had shops, kindergarten, school was close by and everything else. Kids would always play in the park, parents would chat. It used to bring people together. My country has moved to capitalism in the last 20-30 years, all we see built now is buildings, hardly any parks, usually all to squeeze in as many square meters as possible. Old communist block are still very popular, even though the buildings are like 50-60 years old.

@giuseppenativo2123 2 жыл бұрын

The idea is old like the human civilization. Group some tents, barracks, teepees, houses and create a community. I know people that still live in that way with their families. The point here is the use of the soil. Imagine if this idea is going to boom and every family wants to live that way. It's not a model for every place on Earth and less likely for the USA, where developers had destroyed entire ecosystems just to make easy money, thanks to the need of cheap housing after WWII. The result, 'the sprawl'. The best solution is the "one building for co housing". In Europe it has been understood one hundred years ago and it still works. In the USA it will never be understood, cause everyone has to chase a dream at the expenses of the community. It's history and every governments turned the head, cause urban/land planning doesn't work with a drugged market.

@Noname-iw1gt 2 жыл бұрын

People just want big house and don't want to deal with alot of people

@RokeJulianLockhart.s13ouq 2 жыл бұрын

@@Noname-iw1gt Not me.

@Noname-iw1gt 2 жыл бұрын

@@RokeJulianLockhart.s13ouq u like a small house better

@KRYMauL 2 жыл бұрын

Developers can make money with this concept all they need do is make houses that encircle a common park area and put various things in some of the buildings. It's not like this is difficult especially when one uses the space that would be uses for a cul-de-sac and instead makes a loop around a few homes, while keeping the middle walkable.

@giuseppenativo2123 2 жыл бұрын

@@KRYMauL I'm sorry, i didn't completely understood your comment. I'm interested in it. Would you mind to expand it so that i can fully understand it? Thanks.

@PepperTheSgt 2 жыл бұрын

I'm a millennial that's frustrated by America's "normal" dream, so I resonated with the video. I'm also part of a forming Cohousing community near Seattle that is pretty similar to the ones described. We don't separate the land from the house, but otherwise it's similar. We're keeping costs down by building cottages with smaller footprints and then placing them in dense (but thoughtful) clusters. You can watch our own video here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gdtxetF01dKdqX0.html

@whodatboi2567 Жыл бұрын

I believe KZfaqrs like Adam Something would suggest that we stop building car-centric housing to better facilitate a greater connectedness to one's community.

@nasibasgarov9644 2 жыл бұрын

How you call that vibrating type of human voice at the end of sentences? I notice this I think only in deep native american english and mostly woman likes to talk like that.

@deniska0 2 ай бұрын

She didn’t change much as just joined gardens together and signed up for this cult with communistic vibe. She didn’t address the main problem of “American dream”, which is density. She just created a little interest club, but still in suburbs, still with everything at car distance. You don’t need to invent bicycle. Go classic, Create denser urban fabric, 3-5 storey, business on the ground level, residential on the top, narrow streets, use every piece of land available, for parks, squares, playground, gardens, combine narrow spaces with releases of open spaces, cosy courtyards. Have spaces for businesses everywhere. 15 min concept, with cars left outside.

@mantisshadow8990 2 жыл бұрын

Not for me but its America, do whatever you want.

@ihateregistrationbul 2 жыл бұрын

Poor people call these favelas.

@dotails 2 жыл бұрын

So this is just a rent to own land? Cool. I dont want to own a house, freedom to move across the country is far more valuable to me.

@solar2607 2 жыл бұрын

Can we please have subtitles in other languages too? For example, in Turkish? This is a brilliant idea for the middle class everywhere in the world.

@rocko44444444 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, muricans are discovering microdistrict. :D

@dextrian 2 жыл бұрын

Hum... 🤔... Looks very like Soviet union community housing stiles.

@user-tx9zg5mz5p 2 жыл бұрын

No different than a mobile home community

@KRYMauL 2 жыл бұрын

No, different than any community that exists.

@jzk2020 2 жыл бұрын

Hippie lifestyle... I need my space.

@AMPProf 10 ай бұрын

NOPE.. we wont Judge the Groups but nope!

@Kzyon Жыл бұрын

I really enjoy your videos but I think it is a common mistake to refer to united states citizens as Americans. As you know, there are many more Americans on the continent who do not live in that united states. It would be interesting to start changing the way we speak to make it more inclusive in that regard as well. Thanks ;)

@dbackrunner6349 2 жыл бұрын

Let me tell u as an Indian... At first u guys want to get out of ur home, ur parents n ur community to be alone and then u want it back again after u urself literally wished to go away from it. We, even though it makes less sense for u, live with our parents and family even after we start working. We never felt lonely living like that.

@PenguinJockey13 2 жыл бұрын

*vocal fry* I just had to pretend she was Stephen Hawking to get through that.

@afnanahmad4266 2 жыл бұрын

Do permaculture here

@pacmonkruz9846 2 жыл бұрын

You mean North American dream ?? Central and South America isn’t the same as North America

@aramisortsbottcher8201 2 жыл бұрын

Since when does the world care for those? There is no other America than the USA. At least so it seems :(

@dertythegrower 2 жыл бұрын

South Americans do not call themselves americans... they say americanos and that means from United States. Are you one of those kids or manchilds who tries to technicalize every term to its exact meaning.. because nobody will follow that logic who actually talks to people from both area (i am from miami so believe me i have more exp than you at all culture regarding your comment). grow up man

@pacmonkruz9846 2 жыл бұрын

@@dertythegrower geography? Wait I forgot your school system doesn’t work ….. sorry your brain couldn’t processed that little info

@lordspongebobofhousesquare1616 2 жыл бұрын

it's just metonymy, like saying korea when one meant south korea, or internet when one meant the world wide web, or saying France won against Germany when one refers to a football match instead of a conflict between the two nations. It's just a linguistic expression, nothing wrong with it if others understand what it means, which of course is the purpose of language

@bloomingale7868 2 жыл бұрын

This is a complete grift marketed as a new idea by a woman with an annoying vocal fry. How is this different from an hoa or mobile park or apartment with community events and shared spaces? The only difference seems to be you’re forced to attend events and your space is never really yours.

@mathiasmaranhao 2 жыл бұрын

What's wrong with these people with frying voice... Gosh

@abhisheksumanAS 2 жыл бұрын

Finally, with the focus on sustainability and less footprint, the West in some regards is moving towards the sustainable and fulfilling Eastern models it so enthusiastically destroyed in the last 300 years after calling it "backward", "static", "unambitious" and other crass comments. Hoping the consciousness evolves faster so that we actually have the shot to save the planet!

@brianmichael8032 2 жыл бұрын

Sounds awful. Give me my own space and my own yard to do whatever I want in without needing to worry about anyone else.

@ramochai 2 жыл бұрын

Nobody's forcing you into this type housing are they? If you can, then go live in a McMansion and leave people alone.

@DakkogiRauru23 Жыл бұрын

Yeah, see the truth is that not a single thing we do exists in a vacuum in the long term. People who want this don’t necessarily worry about what other people think of them; rather they care about connecting with other people.