Good reasource to find out about communal living?

I'd really like to learn more about it. I really have only heard of it in very specifics contexts, but if its what I think it is, I'd like to learn a lot more. So wheres a good place to go to get a realistic view of it?

 

IC.org www.rainbow.tk chaz

 

Thank you. I've read through both of them. I think I've gotten an idea of what the basics are (and there seems to be very little. They all seem different), but I have a question. How do you figure out which ones are more tolerant of a "hippie" lifestyle? None really advertise these features for obvious reasons, but I've never managed to get good at reading between my lines,

 

I'm like you, extremely interested in communites, never seen one in the face.

Twin Oaks and Acorn are two sister communities that are attractive.
http://www.twinoaks.org/
http://www.acorncommunity.org/
http://youtube.com/watch?v=CVYadU1R1vg
http://youtube.com/watch?v=MsWzIJddl1Q
http://youtube.com/watch?v=HnONQYP3oxM

There's no search option for hippies on ic.org but lots of communities have websites and photos that'll tell you if they tolerate hippies.

 

I guess I should ask what you mean by the hippie lifestyle. If you mean farming and sharing clothes then that is quite tolerable in those egalitarian communities. What IS the hippie lifestyle naked tree climbing? They're probably used to that question.

 

fact of the mater is,, all places have there own agenda,,, all places are gonna only push what they choose to allow you to see,,, the one and only way you are goin to find anything out that is truthful about any of them is by visiting and being part of it,,,...

ones view of hippie is not gonna be anyone elses view,,,, even within a community,,,

 

I'm not sure if hippie was a good adjective. Or it kind of was, because the definition of it varies so much. I don't just want to live in a place that is excepting of my lifestyle, but rather on that is excepting of most lifestyles (All except the ones that involve harming others. Don't want a place that encourages rapist). Naked tree climbing? Doesn't sound fun to me, but if someone wants to do it, its no one's place to stop them.

 

Try this: http://www.ic.org/
You can put a zip code/city or city/state in to their search list and it'll come up with registered communal living organizations in those areas.
Good luck!
KHT

 

Stay away from Zendik.

 

Is there a reason why?

 

If you really want a realistic view of what it takes to start an intentional community, you NEED to check out "Creating a Life Together" by Diana Leafe Christian. http://tinyurl.com/296h29
It is the bible for creating an intentional community. It gives examples of the hard work that some existing communities needed to go thru in order to archive what they wanted.

-Ben