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Rather than an “intentional community” which sounds kind of overbearing to me, I’d be happy to have some way to filter for houses/apartments that are simply in

Rather than an “intentional community” which sounds kind of overbearing to me, I’d be happy to have some way to filter for houses/apartments that are simply in proximity to others who are at least open to making friends and want to be pleasant, neighborly, etc. I don’t need or particularly want there to be any obligations or explicit organization facilitating this. When people are friendly and open, it happens naturally. You see someone walking the dog and strike up a conversation. I guess if there was some way to anonymously self-identify as sharing this preference and it got enough traction, you could flag neighborhoods and even specific blocks with more of these people, and then the concentration would perhaps increase over time as people who value these things would pay a bit more to live in these areas.

0_____0 2y ago
If you live somewhere that's reasonably dense, this is possible. I live in a very walkable city that is also socially quite dense. Most of my social links are people who live a walk or a short bike ride away. During the warm months, if you are around town you will see people you know, and have the option of conversation. Put simply, you feel like you live in a community without having built a commune or something. Unfortunately it's kind of hard to tell what cities have this "social spatial density." There are denser urban areas that feel less communal, and far sparser ones that seem moreso, it's related to overall population density but not perfectly so.
- danenania 2y ago
  What city are ya in?
- BehindBlueEyes 2y ago
  Rather than what city, I'd say you need to find out what neighbourhoods in each city. I used to take a 1h commute to a community garden for the people there, instead of helping at the utilitarian community garden on my own block. Moving there would have been great but it wasn't affordable. Didn't prevent being treated like one of the neighbours each saturday!

0_____0 2y ago

If you live somewhere that's reasonably dense, this is possible. I live in a very walkable city that is also socially quite dense. Most of my social links are people who live a walk or a short bike ride away. During the warm months, if you are around town you will see people you know, and have the option of conversation. Put simply, you feel like you live in a community without having built a commune or something. Unfortunately it's kind of hard to tell what cities have this "social spatial density." There are denser urban areas that feel less communal, and far sparser ones that seem moreso, it's related to overall population density but not perfectly so.

danenania 2y ago
What city are ya in?
BehindBlueEyes 2y ago
Rather than what city, I'd say you need to find out what neighbourhoods in each city. I used to take a 1h commute to a community garden for the people there, instead of helping at the utilitarian community garden on my own block. Moving there would have been great but it wasn't affordable. Didn't prevent being treated like one of the neighbours each saturday!