Neighborhoods

Neighborhoods

make friends with your neighbors

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Bethany Crystal

New post: Building community, not clutter let’s be real, sometimes digital channels get in the way of IRL progress (Anyone who has ever been on an old school email listserve knows what I’m talking about here….) Can the promise and potential of AI (maybe? Finally…?) help offload the work of community builders so we can use technology as the glue and let us spend our time where it counts? I don’t know but I am very keen to find out. https://paragraph.xyz/@bethanycrystal/building-community,-not-clutter

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Some parents had to go out of town and the rest of the neighborhood stepped up to take their kids to school and soccer practice etc...

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We need a neighborhood pickup and a neighborhood Miata

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Savannah Kruger

Building community in your neighborhood is sorta like retrofitting coliving into existing civic infrastructure. Here's a podcast we recorded w @cabin @jxn @bethanymarz & Shani Graham on building neighborhood communities. https://open.spotify.com/episode/0B3zqg6nLBgB2jR9qRrUOO?si=5851e32668664219

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Excited to drop this on a substack I've had a lot of respect for for a while now. https://supernuclear.substack.com/p/building-neighborhood-communities

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This weekend is the 4th annual McBain summer lawn games This year we're introducing a cardboard boat building contest Photos to come

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Don’t really see enough moats or drawbridges in modern day architecture… Ring camera this and ring camera that.

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We just had a hike+ice cream hang with our neighbors in Boulder and it went really well. They were all lovely humans and several people thanked us for putting this on. Got some ideas for future events and a new inter-building whatsapp group started (!!!). This is a big deal bc the community we want to build can't have @jonbo and I at the helm, it's gotta be held by many co-organizers.

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Bethany Crystal

ok i am losing my mind over this *adorable* logo for our new block association, "The Manhattan 75" (part of my @cabin neighborhood plan this summer) with the cat on the roof!! 🥹🐈🌆 PSA - design by a recent Parsons School of Design grad on my block (who coincidentally is looking for design or photography work, if you need anyone!) /jobs

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Two pizza rule also holds strong for getting to know your neighbors

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Moved into a new apartment complex recently and they have monthly wine and cheese nights for people to get to know their neighbors. I’m an introvert so I haven’t been yet but I’m forcing myself to go to the next one. https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5CjGKIxt9d/?igsh=MWRzcnpxN2h1OHdhMQ==

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ted (not lasso)

there's this intentional community in oakland called radish it's actually a a 19-person multigenerational compound based on what they call the Obvious Truth: people are happiest and healthiest surrounded by people they love and admire fascinating IRL case study that makes me question the power of a network state

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New post: Can You Put a Price on Community? Investing in community puts capital in relationships, not bank accounts. So what’s it worth to keep it up? https://paragraph.xyz/@bethanycrystal/can-you-put-a-price-on-community

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https://livenearfriends.com/ All I want is to live in a “minihood” / cottage court

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Today I saw my neighbor at school drop off I was pulling into park and he didn’t see me as he walked back to his car So I pull right up behind him, following him in the creepiest way possible As he got to his car I parked right next to him He turns around to catch a peak, sees me, looses his his mind laughing

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