Cohousing?

Remember the hippie communes that proliferated in the 60's?

My vague vague recollection, it was the 60's after all, was that a group of people cohabited in one large house, sharing cooking, cleaning, and in same cases, it has been said, each other.

Cohousing, it appears, has some of the same ideology of the  hippie communal life with a few variations that have made it attractive to many, including Boomers. The distinction is that each family or individual has their own fully functional home. Within the community there are separate facilities for communal cooking and dining as well as other communal activities.  This NY Times article "raising the roof" gives a tad more information.

I like it.

While there is a tiny bit of me that thinks this feels suspiciously like a precursor to assisted living,  if we subscribe to the "its not the destination but the journey" adage, it seems that it is a really cool concept.

Thoughts?