[jakitula]

Not to mention the Element is ugly. They beat the fenders with every ugly stick they could find.

It makes a nice bread truck.

[ManituIKOL]

It makes a nice bread truck.

I was thinking more like Icecream truck.

[MaugleeRobins]

Would you buy a inium/house/townhouse or rent an apartment in a "kendo community" ?

No.

You know, some suburb developed zone that was a group of homes or apartments or condos or whatever in a little area with a shared Dojo, and financial support for kendo built into the cost of living in the community?

No.

Ok, it's an idea that would NEVER fly. But wouldn't it be great - to live in a complex/neighborhood/whatever where there was an early morning keiko before work 5-7 days a week, evening keiko 5-7 days a week, and visiting sensei and events on weekends and such?

No. It's too much kendo. Then, I would have to look for something to get away from kendo.

A shared dojo space so you could go work on suburi without worrying about your feet on concrete or carpet, or tearing up your ceilings?

There's something called 'outside'.

Living around a lot of people who weren't necessarily totally obsessed with kendo, but where everyone saw enough value to move to a place where it was a selling point in the community?

No.

Like the golf communities ?

No.

A place where you didn't *have* to practice every day if you didn't want to, but where any day you wanted, if you felt like it, you could?

No.

Yea, I think Kendo isn't popular enough in a dense enough area to make it economically viable, but even if it was, some form of the ugly head of politics would kill it anyways. But what a fantasy !

A secret ninja clan community is something I would buy into. Secret sliding doors, hidden tunnels and a little bridge to cross over the obligatory koi pond.

[nTDsD0aU]

Jeez, my Dojos are just a few mile away, we have airports (civil and international) resaurants, Target, Car dealerships, police ... and there are all these other charming folks round to chat with when I'm not playing Kendo (not to mention a job market).

What would I gain in some remote, isolated Kendo community?

(as if the poor Senseis aren't sick of me showing up as it is)