Yes it has been awhile. I am not an Anchorage resident however, I follow the news and politics goins' on in Anchorage. I agree with more investment in higher density housing with caveats.
My experience is many people benefit from co-housing where individuals have their own apartments or living quarters with options for a variety of collaborative and intentionall options e.g. cooking communal meals, shared gardening, and various ways to meet and work together on their housing, and community issues.
A close friend recently moved from Denver into a co-housing community near Pagosa Springs. CO. This friend had lived in a few different co-housing communities and her experience
made the opportunity to buy into her current co-housing situation attractive and attainable. As she
was growing older she was not finding living in Denver, in an older, larger house attractive.
She grew up in a large family but her parents had both died and her sibs were somewhat dispersed in the area and Colorado. She did not want to leave Co and did not want to be so far that her family members would find it hard to visit Pagosa Spings was a reasonable choice. A hitch was her husband did not want to move out of the city but she respectfully perservered and he finallly did. Now they are both happily ensconsed in their new co-housing situation. K. McCarthy
Yeah! I think that Raven Landing up in Fairbanks is also a really interesting model of community living that fits for older Alaskans who don't want or need big, traditional homes.
Dear Matt,
Yes it has been awhile. I am not an Anchorage resident however, I follow the news and politics goins' on in Anchorage. I agree with more investment in higher density housing with caveats.
My experience is many people benefit from co-housing where individuals have their own apartments or living quarters with options for a variety of collaborative and intentionall options e.g. cooking communal meals, shared gardening, and various ways to meet and work together on their housing, and community issues.
A close friend recently moved from Denver into a co-housing community near Pagosa Springs. CO. This friend had lived in a few different co-housing communities and her experience
made the opportunity to buy into her current co-housing situation attractive and attainable. As she
was growing older she was not finding living in Denver, in an older, larger house attractive.
She grew up in a large family but her parents had both died and her sibs were somewhat dispersed in the area and Colorado. She did not want to leave Co and did not want to be so far that her family members would find it hard to visit Pagosa Spings was a reasonable choice. A hitch was her husband did not want to move out of the city but she respectfully perservered and he finallly did. Now they are both happily ensconsed in their new co-housing situation. K. McCarthy
Yeah! I think that Raven Landing up in Fairbanks is also a really interesting model of community living that fits for older Alaskans who don't want or need big, traditional homes.