thank to everyone for your experiences, & I'd certainly love to hear more about your community, Claire.

My neighbour & good friend is very wary about communities as one of his friends was involved in a community that had a mentally disturbed member who caused major problems. This coop was on a different model (everyone pooled money to buy the site, then owned their own home) & as the person's behaviour deteriorated his friend lost money when s/he sold their home.

sandra