What the American said when visiting Lange Eng

In February 2012, a group of American students taking a sociology class at DIS, Danish Institute for Study Abroad, visited Lange Eng. Back in class, they reflected on Lange Eng as a place to live. Here’s what they wrote and sent to us via their teacher, Anne Nurse:

Beautiful example of true community living and child raising.  MacExtremely interesting way of raising children in a close community.  AshleyLove the modern architecture.  BenI could imagine myself living in this community.  Nancy

It was fascinating to see a huge group of children being raised as siblings.  Margaret

Amazing to see how children can benefit from living together and how they can form lasting relationships.  Talia

If I was a kid, I would love to live in this community.  Tara

If I was a little child, then co-housing would equal paradise.  Sam

Co-housing seems like the natural way to live.  It’s a shame more people don’t do it.  Kevin

Such a well-functioning and vibrant community.  Maeve

A fun community that develops relationships and well-rounded children.  Danielle

Seems like such a vibrant and pleasant atmosphere to raise kids.  Lauren

More of an extended family than just a group of people simply living together.  Mallory

Visiting co-housing offered me an entirely new perspective on community.  It inspired me to reconsider some of my own values.  Meredith

I wish there were co-housing options such as this in the US!  I would love to raise my family in a little community like this.  Laura

This environment seemed to foster the perfect balance of anonymity with collaboration and support.  Krista

Visiting here made me interested in looking into co-housing in the United States.  Rachael

It looked like the saying “it takes a village to raise a child” in action in the best way possible.  Priscilla

This environment seemed to foster the perfect balance of anonymity with collaboration and support.  Krista

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