For the married and with kids solution, the term you're looking for is Co-Housing. We have friends who live in a co-housing community in suburban Boston, and l

For the married and with kids solution, the term you're looking for is Co-Housing. We have friends who live in a co-housing community in suburban Boston, and love it. http://www.cohousing.org/ http://www.cohousing.org/ is the national coordinating organization.