Alexander Zaitchik

I have a short piece up at Alternet today that looks at growing interest in group-living among recently bust baby boomers. From taking in roommates to buying houses with friends to full-on hippie farm villages, alternatives to maintaining big empty suburban homes are looking better than ever to those nearing retirement. These homes were never all that good an idea in the first place, but now they are just not tenable for millions who have lost most of their wealth in the last year.