Most of them went broke really quickly,or broke up. Few of them lasted more than a year.
I live at the Lafayette Morehouse. I used to live in the Oakland Morehouse.
Something like 99% of those communes only lasted a couple of years, if that. They couldn't pay the bills, they couldn't get along with each other....
well, we've been saying 'fun is the goal and love is the way' since at least 1968. You could check out the Oakland Morehouse which is in the SF...
We live in the SF bay area, in an intentional community. I think you would have called our group a commune in the 1960s. We live in the...
Its a challenge. The ic.org directory doesn't have a lot of search options. My personal opinion is that since the failure rate is so high when...
FWIW we used to have nudity. In the 1970s, our kids let us know that it didn't work for them. They couldn't have their friends over. So we...
Hi Chris, 1. Nobody sensible is going to admit that their group breaks any law, or tolerates law breaking. Not even "driving over the speed...
Hi Erin, I agree with Rutz. As far as I know, none of the 'anything goes' communes lasted unless they changed. We have been around since 1968...
Here is what I have for long-lived American intentional communities - these are just the secular (non-religious) groups that I have found which...
well, the Lafayette Morehouse is quite near San Francisco, we are ~60 people. I'm not sure what the biggest groups in California are. We are not a...
I suggest you get a copy of Diana Leafe Christian's book Creating a Life Together: Practical Tools to Grow Ecovillages and Intentional Communities...
I just finished reading 'sleeping where I fall' - which is very interesting, and very entertaining. Only a small part of the book is...
The Oakland Morehouse has been an urban intentional community since 1968. Its a 3 story 110 year old victorian house within walking distance of...
Lafayette Morehouse Oakland Morehouse We were founded in July 1968, still going strong. We also have two houses in Hawaii, and there are groups...
is Called "Commune". It is set in an unidentified Northern California commune. ie. Black Bear Ranch. You can buy it on Amazon.
I suggest you check out the intentional community forum on permies.com
When we started (in 1968) most of the group members were hippies. I don't think we call ourselves a 'hippy commune', we do paint our buildings and...
Boy, that is an interesting idea, and sounds like a really 'hard sell'. Do you have expertise in both communes and corporations? Where (in...
Hi fellow_traveler, I'm not entire sure what you are looking for - perhaps you could spell it out a little more. My guess is that you are looking...
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