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make friends with your neighbors
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
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
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...
We need a neighborhood pickup and a neighborhood Miata
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
Here's a podcast we recorded w @cabin @jxn @bethanymarz & Shani Graham on building neighborhood communities.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0B3zqg6nLBgB2jR9qRrUOO?si=5851e32668664219
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
This weekend is the 4th annual McBain summer lawn games
This year we're introducing a cardboard boat building contest
Photos to come
This year we're introducing a cardboard boat building contest
Photos to come
Don’t really see enough moats or drawbridges in modern day architecture…
Ring camera this and ring camera that.
Ring camera this and ring camera that.
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.
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
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
Two pizza rule also holds strong for getting to know your neighbors
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
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
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
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
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
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
this is not what neighborhood community is supposed to feel like
2 weeks ago I had all of our building on our roof and was casually pointing out how the roof next door was NOT occupied and the fire alarm would NOT go off if anyone were to go out there…
This morning I saw that there are now two chairs arranged together in a way that wasn’t the case last week
Should I leave a cute plant out there or something?
This morning I saw that there are now two chairs arranged together in a way that wasn’t the case last week
Should I leave a cute plant out there or something?
Just met this wonderful family
When I stopped to look the library the homeowner was on his front patio and we chatted!
Turns out they built this whole yard to meet their neighbors and create community
He even created this pond with fish for kids to play with on their way to school 🥰
When I stopped to look the library the homeowner was on his front patio and we chatted!
Turns out they built this whole yard to meet their neighbors and create community
He even created this pond with fish for kids to play with on their way to school 🥰
Finally recorded a video about all of this
Featuring @savannah & @jonbo
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPRE9t2ee/
Featuring @savannah & @jonbo
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPRE9t2ee/
Ok a neighbor just left this ABSOLUTE TREASURE in our building lobby and I am taking it for my girlies 🐛❤️🌱
This is the biggest week in neighborhood gatherings
Take this opportunity to intentionally build a community where you live!
Take this opportunity to intentionally build a community where you live!
Talked to the person who lives there, they pointed me to people who live across the street
Those people are the neighborhood builders in the area, we're going to get coffee soon!
Those people are the neighborhood builders in the area, we're going to get coffee soon!
Found this on my way to a Dr’s appointment
Knocking on the door now
Knocking on the door now
Tomorrow I will finally get my neighbors to watch hockey with me
This is what it’s all been for! 😂😂
This is what it’s all been for! 😂😂
Someone else is hosting Happy Hour today!
It lives!!!
It lives!!!