Like Morris, Rose previously lived in the Bay Area, where the co-living scene is abundant. In 2021, after moving into a three-bedroom New York apartment with friends, a vacancy in the unit across the hall presented an opportunity. “We had another friend who was trying to move from San Francisco to New York at the time, so we helped her sign that lease. It had four bedrooms, so we helped him fill those rooms. At that time, it was like this Friend“We’ll just leave our doors open and walk among them.” Therefore, Rose worked more deeply into community organizing over the next few years. She has gone semi-viral praise being close to friends And have sold many friends on the lifestyle. Like Rush, Stokes, and Smith, she points to the natural spontaneity of connecting over hanging out, when the need to “make plans” is replaced by bumping into each other.
“That sense of urgency (is a major benefit),” says Rose. “Before I was in this position, it was a lot of, ‘Let’s have coffee next Tuesday at 7:00.’ It’s much less common now. It feels a lot more like being in school. You can spontaneously hang out with people… as an adult, there’s a lot of hard work – you go to the grocery store, You wash your clothes. But for the last several years, I always go to the grocery store with a friend.
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According to Rose, the Fractal Organization has no religious or ideological binding agent other than the desire to spend maximum time with friends. Levin also laughs off the dark commune comparison to every negative commune stereotype – though by definition, he admits that fits like a radish. “They are (communes), so that is part of the truth,” he says of such co-living arrangements. “But it is an urban commune. Most of us have good jobs and we all have personal space. We have our own homes, which are just homes next to each other, instead of homes next to strangers.
Levin is not making any promises Excellent World through Live Near Friends. “Nobody is trying to build a utopia here,” he insists. “What this is going to accomplish is just make your life feel 30% easier and 30% more supported. It doesn’t solve the world’s problems, that’s not the claim. It’s a better way to live with a group of people who really matter (you), especially in busy, difficult or lonely times.
