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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

Regarding the fate of the future, The NYT has a pertinent piece,  
titled Saving the Suburbs, by Allison Arieff. The second segment is at:
http://arieff.blogs.nytimes.com/

Here are the last two graphs:

In keeping with this apparent new era of personal responsibility, the  
only-slightly-tongue-in-cheek collective Wannastartacommune.com  
started by Stephanie Smith, Buckminster Fuller-acolyte and founder of  
the green design lab, Ecoshack, gives a new attitude to an old idea,  
urging residents of cul de sacs or condos to come together with their  
neighbors to share resources. Suggestions for collaboration include a  
shared compost pile, weekly potlucks, neighborhood recycling programs,  
barter services and shared childcare. Their pilot project,Cul-de-Sac  
communes, is already underway.
This tendency — let’s call it extreme neighborliness — is so old- 
fashioned as to seem innovative. Startlingly basic and wholly  
actionable, it’s a bright spot in a dark time.

Gene GeRue
www.RURALIZE.com