Wanting To Start A Commune

Looking to start a community of tiny homes or a bedroom community. Acreage is already purchased. Main house and several other outbuildings are in place. We just need the right people with the right skills to create a balanced community. Outside of Emporia, Kansas. Families welcome.

 

I'm also very interested in joining, it is myself (29 year old female), my boyfriend (32 year old male) and my 2 sons (almost 12 and 9) and I have got to get my boys AWAY from this mainstream life and into a "better world"

 

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I always thought a co-op would be so economical and doesn't everyone believe that there is safety in numbers? I spend part of my time online on a couple of those "prepper" forums and they really have their shit together even though half of them are completely nutty Jesus freaks wielding automatic rifles. One thing I found about them is that they are NOT willing to share anything for the good of anyone but themselves. It's going to be lonely for them when the SHTF and it's going to be hella hard work.

If I met the right people and we all made a plan and agreed to stick to it legally for the good of the property and people I bet we could be living on it in less than three years. I don't think the problem is money either because more people should mean less cost per individual.. I think the problem is the kind of people. Who could I or we live with for the rest of our lives? It's hard enough to find one person in this world to share your life with, much less five or ten. I've been in a perpetual state of planning my life for 25 years and I can think of a few guidelines to start something like this up. I'm not pulling it out of my butt either; I'm learned on all the longest lasting communes and the nature of communism versus socialism and democracy so I'm not making all of my ideas up. I have a book called The Velvet Monkeywrench that hooked me on the idea of recreating society at large in order to benefit all people. I know the commune works as long as the commune is the foundation and focal point of the effort and I think less is more. The Farm has struggled but it has lasted and I don't want to live a tent for three years and still be using a trench in five. No one wants to be 90 and not have running water. Elder care is WILDLY expensive too and as one get's older it's a good idea to have some help nearby so I see a place like this as a retirement plan. I worked for years in one of those fancy senior living places and trust me, nothing is as good as having family and friends to rely on.

What about your kids? An investment like this could be a place for them when they are grown or if you are gone? Anyone would want a place to pass on to their kids or have a place for them to live nearby.

My best friend and I have done a lot of extreme couponing and with three -five families we could amass enough stuff to support all of them in paper products and shampoo for a year on just a fraction of what it costs 1 family to keep the purchase the same items at full price on an as needed basis so stockpiling could potentially reduce costs and create income for the community simply by paying a few bucks for a license to sell it back for a few cents less than retail stores do.



Ideally, a place like mine would have a couple residences and RV hookups. A summer kitchen and common house. There should be a way to create a trust in case of misfortune or disagreement like adjoining land parcels on separate deeds so that each party maintains a personal as well as a group investment. Enough land to support the group but not too much to keep costs in perspective. Some sort of group cottage industry, be it chicken products, beekeeping, plants and produce or whatever; just something to extract from the land something that will help to pay for and maintain it. One thing I hate to see is farm land not planted and houses rot to the ground or a house on a patch so small that you can't even grow enough grass to feed a goat. It might be a good idea to have the RV hookups or campers or a guest house for visitors or in the event someone else wants to come live.



But, who can you live with? For me, having all ready tried roommates and cohabitation a few times; I know what I can and cannot tolerate. Does one create a "Consitution for Communing"? Ok, let's start with who I will not live with:

People of low morals, dirty people, people who lie, steal or over indulge in anything to the point it causes a problem. I can not tolerate meanness to animals or children but I also do not think that discipline and natural rules should not be applied to both. I hate waste and trash. I hate people who only put themselves first. I actually hate almost anything about organized religion other than some principles of basic paganism and a little Buddhism because I religion is bullshit and it's only value is to use it as a means of controlling or taking. I have certain ideals regarding relationships but I do not care about color or sex. I do not have a separation for in home and out of home roles for men and women. Some men come home from work and put their feet up and some women sit on their asses and do nothing. That doesn't work for me. Everyone contributes in the home regardless of who makes the money or who cleans the toilet. It's all work and why have a home if you don't do whatever it takes to care for it.. Men also make more money than women and that's a fact. I only recently moved in with my partner after taking care of business alone for 14 years. We take turns cooking but I do most of the cleaning. He's retiring from the Army so right now we're both on a kind of vacation but that will change soon. We'll both go back to work eventually and if not, then once of us will while the other works on the house.

Who could I live with? Well, someone who isn't going to scream at me if I have a drink or eat meat. Someone who understands that owning a gun has its purpose but that I don't touch them expect to maintain them. It's better to have one and not need it than to not have one and need one. Smart people, someone to play video games with my old man so I don't have to. People who like coffee in the morning and big dinners at night. Someone who's not afraid of every animal on the planet, afraid of dirt, or afraid to speak the truth. People who want to hide in plain sight. Poeple who appreciate quiet, who hold nature in high regard and most of all people who want to create a safe, fun and happy COMMUNITY that isn't founded on HOA fees or based solely on who shares a property line. Neighbors don't make friends anymore and I want to be able to get a cup of sugar without putting my shoes on.

What else?

 

Why do you want a gun?

 

Check ic.org for a big list of communities already building or in place.

 

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Communes or Intentional comunities are not for the faint of heart. Different personalities make it as hard as being married. Just saying.....

 

That is one reason why it can be easier to join an existing group than to create a community. Having "a village" can make it easier to make complicated relationships work.

 

Basically, because I worry that one day I won't be able to purchase one, I bought one because it's my right according to the Constitution. I also don't trust people who would break into my house and steal or kill me and I know those people exist.

I'm on a couple of those "shit hitting the fan" forums and while a lot of those people are nutty, they do make some good points about being prepared for any situation. I don't see why I can't be both open and prepared for whatever comes my way. I'm a capable person. I can set a broken bone and deliver a baby.. I can also hit a mark from twenty paces with a knife and I'm pretty good with a bow. I've never intentionally hurt a creature in my life because I haven't had to but that's not to say I won't need to one day and it will likely be human when it happens.