interested, living in Hamburg, Germany and trying to buy/rent more houses in my municipality for purposes like this at least in longer timeframe. I used to have a page here where I advertised community space but was never approached. I guess it’s partly a coordination problem.
I desperately want something like this, so long as it is anywhere other than the bay area. god help me, I will avoid living there if it means being as socially isolated as I currently am forever
I’m interested in theory, but in practice I am attached to living in SF proper that may be hard to overcome.
I’ll mention that in South Bay there are housing complexes that have multiple nearly-adjacent units in shared space, and it might work well to just pick such a complex and progressively have like-minded people take over more and more of it. Noticeably less awesome, but also noticeably easier.
My understanding is that most landlords want the friends of their good tenants to move in, because they’ll likely be equally good and also living near friends will make people less likely to move out.
I’m interested, and have been thinking for a while of how to structure it and where to put it / what properties to focus on (in Berkeley, at least). I think there’s a pretty strong chance we can build a rationalist village or two (or three or...).
I’m a 19-year-old Canadian at the moment and therefore can’t realistically contribute, but this is exactly how I want to live and I would totally move to the Bay Area just for this.
Would move into one if it was where I wanted to live, but I’m tied to Canberra for the next couple of years. If Melbourne did this I’d be really tempted.
Am very interested in this in various ways, whether as a participant or as a consultant to the challenge of how to effectively live together (something I’ve been studying extensively for the last few years). Not actually currently able to move to the states easily, so there’s that.
Would be interested if I lived in a place amenable to this. Seconding dropspindle’s recommendation of Appalachia, since that’s where I’m already planning to move if I can get a remote job.
It may be worth looking to see whether there are any large, relatively inexpensive houses near major cities that could be converted. There are a lot of McMansion developments in the suburbs north of DC that have never looked particularly inhabited.
I’m interested. I’m moving to the bay (work in MTV) in August.
(I’m also interested in group houses and like kids, so if there’s a shortage of grouphouse pro-kids people I totally have comparative advantage there).
Not in the US and have no friends in the rationalist community, but I would consider moving to Bay (in some years) just for the sake of living in such a baugruppe
Absolutely. I’ve been looking into the different places looking to do something like this (like the Accelerator Project). Would definitely be interested in any similar things going on
i like the idea of living in ingroupy housing (insofar as i am correctly understanding it as also being suitable for people with low socialization satiety thresholds)
I think that this is a great idea and would be theoretically interested in it in the future, but there’s no chance I’ll be living in the Bay Area in the next four years.
I am interested! Note that zoning might make this hard, but maybe we could buy adjacent bungalows and reconfigure them. Wasn’t the bay supposed to be commune friendly?
I’d love to participate, but I’m a mostly single male without US residency (just NZ/Au/UK), which I realize is unlikely to be a bottlenecked resource, so I’ll un-vote my comment here heh
I would be interested in participating! Let me try to be more specific… If this looks viable within a couple years it probably would be my first or second choice of places to live.
Edit: Oh, and i am currently living in the USA and am a relatively movable person demographically.
I’m very excited about this possibility. I’m already gainfully employed in the bay area and am seeking a new living situation in the medium-term.
I’d be willing to invest in this project at significant personal inconvenience.
If you like this idea but have nothing much to say please comment under this comment so there can be a record of interested parties.
I am ecstatic about this idea and would participate in it at a good deal of personal inconvenience.
Interested in things like this, presently have a partial version that is good.
I’m fairly interested but don’t really want to be around children.
How around is around, and can you say more about what about a baugruppe would satisfy your desiderata that the existing group house network can’t?
interested, living in Hamburg, Germany and trying to buy/rent more houses in my municipality for purposes like this at least in longer timeframe. I used to have a page here where I advertised community space but was never approached. I guess it’s partly a coordination problem.
I desperately want something like this, so long as it is anywhere other than the bay area. god help me, I will avoid living there if it means being as socially isolated as I currently am forever
Interested in some vague possible future.
I’m interested in theory, but in practice I am attached to living in SF proper that may be hard to overcome.
I’ll mention that in South Bay there are housing complexes that have multiple nearly-adjacent units in shared space, and it might work well to just pick such a complex and progressively have like-minded people take over more and more of it. Noticeably less awesome, but also noticeably easier.
I believe this is what happened with Godric’s Hollow—a four unit building turned, one by one, into a four unit rationalist building.
I think this was helped along substantially by personal acquaintance with and HPMOR fandom of the landlord, which seems hard to replicate on purpose.
My understanding is that most landlords want the friends of their good tenants to move in, because they’ll likely be equally good and also living near friends will make people less likely to move out.
Something like this also happened with Event Horizon, though the metamorphosis is not yet complete...
It looks like it’s finishing soon, though.
i am not a Known Agent around here but something like this is definitely on my goal list.
Extremely interested, would move anywhere rationalists would set one of these up.
Interested. Already have 2 kids. Live in Poland and would like to stay in Europe.
I’m interested, and have been thinking for a while of how to structure it and where to put it / what properties to focus on (in Berkeley, at least). I think there’s a pretty strong chance we can build a rationalist village or two (or three or...).
I have a secret desire for this to become real which I fear may destroy me and/or everything I know.
Very interested, but not willing to move more than 2-3 hours away; am nowhere near CA.
I would like to do this in either Australia or Canada
I’m a 19-year-old Canadian at the moment and therefore can’t realistically contribute, but this is exactly how I want to live and I would totally move to the Bay Area just for this.
I want this, but somewhere like Appalachia where land and such is insanely cheap and you can do some homesteading too
very interested, would probably move to such place
Would move into one if it was where I wanted to live, but I’m tied to Canberra for the next couple of years. If Melbourne did this I’d be really tempted.
Am very interested in this in various ways, whether as a participant or as a consultant to the challenge of how to effectively live together (something I’ve been studying extensively for the last few years). Not actually currently able to move to the states easily, so there’s that.
I am really interested in this and would be likely to want to move into such a place if it existed anywhere in the Bay Area in the next few years.
I am interested!
Am interested!
Would be interested if I lived in a place amenable to this. Seconding dropspindle’s recommendation of Appalachia, since that’s where I’m already planning to move if I can get a remote job.
It may be worth looking to see whether there are any large, relatively inexpensive houses near major cities that could be converted. There are a lot of McMansion developments in the suburbs north of DC that have never looked particularly inhabited.
Oh, there are a lot of them. Are you prepared to live in a 90% black community?
I’m interested. I’m moving to the bay (work in MTV) in August. (I’m also interested in group houses and like kids, so if there’s a shortage of grouphouse pro-kids people I totally have comparative advantage there).
The odds are low I would be able to participate, presently being on the wrong coast, but otherwise this is highly relevant to my interests.
Same.
Not in the US and have no friends in the rationalist community, but I would consider moving to Bay (in some years) just for the sake of living in such a baugruppe
Don’t live in the Bay Area yet but am very much in favor.
Like: Houston though
I like this idea
I’d be interested, but not interested enough to relocate.
Absolutely. I’ve been looking into the different places looking to do something like this (like the Accelerator Project). Would definitely be interested in any similar things going on
i like the idea of living in ingroupy housing (insofar as i am correctly understanding it as also being suitable for people with low socialization satiety thresholds)
I would be interested but am not strongly socially connected to many rationalists in person so I would feel weird about living with them right away.
I would be very interested in this starting in a year or two.
Interested!
Absolutely, would move immediately. Inconveniently I am currently at the “impoverished App Academy student” level.
Yes
sounds cool. if i should happen to relocate to the west coast (a distinct possibility), i’d be interested.
I am interested but not planning to move to the Bay Area. I might move to Hyattsville, though: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/fareforward/2014/03/this-is-what-we-do/
I am a very interested party. I am also interested in all things related to a child-friendly group house that is close to MIRICFAR.
I think that this is a great idea and would be theoretically interested in it in the future, but there’s no chance I’ll be living in the Bay Area in the next four years.
I am interested! Note that zoning might make this hard, but maybe we could buy adjacent bungalows and reconfigure them. Wasn’t the bay supposed to be commune friendly?
N Street Cohousing in Davis CA is a classic example of this. http://nstreetcohousing.org/
I am an interested party ^-^
I’d love to participate, but I’m a mostly single male without US residency (just NZ/Au/UK), which I realize is unlikely to be a bottlenecked resource, so I’ll un-vote my comment here heh
Interested, already hoping to move to the Bay Area around two years from now.
Definitely in 5-10 years. Hopefully with accommodations for foreignfolk as well?
I would be interested in participating! Let me try to be more specific… If this looks viable within a couple years it probably would be my first or second choice of places to live.
Edit: Oh, and i am currently living in the USA and am a relatively movable person demographically.
Interested and have a child.
I am excited about this and would strongly consider joining.
Interested in theory. I wouldn’t move cities to join a baugruppe but if I ended up in the same city as one I would like to live there.
I’m very excited about this possibility. I’m already gainfully employed in the bay area and am seeking a new living situation in the medium-term. I’d be willing to invest in this project at significant personal inconvenience.
I have wanted exactly this ever since I moved to the Bay Area. Definitely interested if this idea starts getting closer to reality!
I’m interested!
interested
Intredasted!
I am interested.
Hear! Hear!!
I’m an interested party except for the whole “bay area” part. :P
This is neat.
This sounds cool. Somehow it reminded me of an old, old essay by Russell on architecture.
It’s not that relevant, so just if people are curious
I like this idea, too.
I think this idea is worth seeking.
I like this idea.