cohousing
Cohousing is a form of communal residence that invites strangers into the sanctum of your home, sharing both the illusion of privacy and the burden of community. Residents trade lofty promises of "bonding" for joint responsibility over laundry, chores, and endless group meetings. What is touted as an ideal community governance often becomes a nonstop decision-making assembly and a secret exchange of grievances. Under the banner of "mutual aid," opening your door evaporates any sense of privacy, ushering you into a subtle surveillance society. While cooperative obligations are marketed as a resort-like experience, one tenant's late rent or forgotten dishes triggers an endless chain reaction of collective stress.