A Proposal For Community And Family Values Transitionary Housing

We should consider our culture, as we have a strong sense of rights but less of a feeling on our responsibilities.  This is evident when one travels abroad. We are a melting pot.  Most other components of our new immigrants have strong networks of support within their family and culture.

For example the Asian concept of the kibun.  It is a system of mutual and self respect, that defines how people interact and support one another.  On concept is to allow your enemy to have a face saving out once it s clear they are defeated.  This creates harmony vs fear since one knows the limits of the loss will be.  

Another way of thinking s in terms of context. ASian languages for more context sensitive, meaning the people at a meeting and the setting determine much about the meaning of the statements made.  Western language is far more verbose and self contained.  But this structure creates a framework for a more stable culture. By removing much ambiguity and replacing with a rather elegant system of behavior.

The sense of community has been lost in our fast food culture.  Some of our social issues are community support for the elderly, single parents, latch key kids, and troops returning home to try and reintegrate into society.  Returning soldiers, single parents, and elderly an disabled are in need of housing communities that provide such support.

Perhaps a community based on the integration of these types of people into community established to encourage such support through complementary service to one another.  Perhaps offering single parents to load share, elderly to help provide parental structure to latch key kids, military could perform services such as mentoring children assisting with elder care.  This symbiotic relationship would be beneficial for all.  It would be a transitional scenario where community values and responsibilities are set into habit during the stay at the community.

The idea of small groups of houses or apartments that share some common space to encourage interaction would be the goal.  Perhaps a requirement of staying is support for neighbors and community through service.  This concept could also generate jobs for returning military, for construction and maintenance.