07-31-2010, 12:44 PM
quote:tada, there have been tons of foreclosures on mobile/manufactured homes.
Americans wouldn't be abandoning their homes voluntarily by walking away from their mortgage or involuntarily kicked out by the bank if they were not so darn aspirational.
I agree with Carey that an ecovillage isn't for everyone. If you interviewed homeless folks on how many want to grow their own food on the land, I'm dubious that many would. Some would. It's too easy to come up with answers for other people, answers that reflect your own aspirations and ideals.
Not everyone is cut out to be a farmer.
If I had to pick a project I'd like to see as a starter, it would showers for the homeless. I've often thought what a challenge it must be to look for work when you don't have anywhere to go to keep yourself presentable. When you become unwashed and ripe, people stop relating to you.