tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8798739076938088922.post5422772322212318183..comments2022-04-01T14:18:20.213-07:00Comments on Caffeinated Calm: Simple livingKevin Knoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02151736463964404979noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8798739076938088922.post-29767313675953547402012-07-14T20:37:18.286-07:002012-07-14T20:37:18.286-07:00Hi Victoria,
I said "primarily" economi...Hi Victoria,<br /><br />I said "primarily" economic reasons, but not "only." <br /><br />One of the things we're seeing as we get to know the expat scene here a bit better is that there are a ton of folks who come and go between San Miguel and second (or primary) homes elsewhere, and those "other" homes are often really nice houses in places like Boulder, Manhattan, Santa Fe, Paris, Barcelona, Toronto - you get the idea. On the other hand, we also have met and continue to meet people more like ourselves who are in search of community and some cultural amenities but need to live on a budget that would be challenging to make work in even the cheapest (and most culturally limited) small towns back home. <br /><br />It's all part of the learning curve and we still love it here!Kevin Knoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02151736463964404979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8798739076938088922.post-48696352587557776292012-07-14T19:25:58.414-07:002012-07-14T19:25:58.414-07:00I love your posts. BUT, I'm a little confused...I love your posts. BUT, I'm a little confused. A few posts ago you extolled the virtues of San Miguel, including the possibility of community with like minded souls. I was enchanted.<br /><br />Now, however, you state that you are in San Miguel for financial reasons only. Oh dear. What happened? <br /><br />Selfishly, I hope that you and your wife will find contentment and will continue to live in San Miguel (and will be there if/when I come, hopefully a year or two from now).<br /><br />My best to you. Victoria.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10651883562733992823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8798739076938088922.post-39936504583476813982012-07-08T17:26:29.844-07:002012-07-08T17:26:29.844-07:00I have always admired your ability to keep looking...I have always admired your ability to keep looking for the right recipe for living. That not only includes a good town, but the quality of lifestyle and food available to soothe ones palate and spirit. It's easier to find outside of this country where there are cultures that have historically gathered and shared gardens and farming to feed larger families. Fast, cheap food was/is not an option. If so, it was street food and one could always find a loaf of good bread for cheap. <br /><br />It's here in Boulder where we have a community and like-minded friends that I find challenging. Goods are available, organics are plentiful, but the cost of living is prohibitive. I haven't quite figured it out myself either, especially since I am here only part of the year. A new revolution solution is needed.peggy markelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12430232797452213885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8798739076938088922.post-68318126980656304982012-07-08T13:21:35.854-07:002012-07-08T13:21:35.854-07:00I keep coming back to the ad-hoc cohousing concept...I keep coming back to the ad-hoc cohousing concept as well. I've checked out the full-blown cohousing developments (two big ones here in Fort Collins), and find them more kid-centric, somewhat expensive, and I'm a little put off by some of the formal consensus-based mechanisms. Two ideas come to mind for me - buying a court-style small apartment development and turning it into condos with some provisions for co-housing style resource sharing (tools, gardens, maybe chickens), and maybe buy up a whole trailer court and make it condo-style ownership instead of space renting. Allow tiny homes instead of/in addition to mobiles. <br />Much of the appeal of cohousing for me is it restores a semblance of the extended family social (and material) support infrastructure that has been lost to recent generations. Then there was the big commune-style house full of counterculture folks I admired so much when I was in high school...Stanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297912151939163517noreply@blogger.com