Can we make a thread listing and talking about all the communities we're aware of?

I'm actually most interested of those in Europe but let's include USA too:

• [USA, Virginia] Twin Oaks, population ~100 http://www.twinoaks.org/

• [EU, Italy] Torri Superiore, pop ~200 http://www.torri-superiore.org/en/

And where they're located?

Hello Reddit!

My name is Keenan Dakota, I have lived at Twin Oaks, an income-sharing, intentional community in rural Virginia for 36 years, since 1983. I grew up in northern Virginia, my parents worked in government. I went to George Mason University where I studied business management. I joined Twin Oaks when I was 23 because I lost faith in the underpinnings of capitalism and looking for a better model. I have stayed because over time capitalism hasn't looked any better, and its a great place to raise children. While at Twin Oaks, I raised two boys to adulthood, constructed several buildings, managed the building maintenance program, have managed some of the business lines at different times.

Proof this is me. A younger photo of me at Twin Oaks. Here is a video interview of me about living at Twin Oaks. Photo of Twin Oaks members at the 50th anniversary.

Some things that make life here different from the mainstream:

• The labor system - all work is considered equal, whether you are earning income for the community or not. Cooking/cleaning counts the same as planning the annual budget. Also, you don't have to do the same job all week - your day can be a mix of indoor and outdoor work, you have freedom to arrange your day, and you can gain skills in a wide array of tasks and trades.
• Non-gender binary, queer and trans people are very welcome at Twin Oaks. People introduce themselves with their pronouns and a significant number of our members go by they/them.
• Verbal consent culture is very important here. It is not okay to touch anyone without asking.
• Nudity and partial nudity is allowed in some parts of the farm, such as in the sauna, swimming hole, on the hiking trails, etc.
• Our social norms prohibit using phones in common areas when other members are present, with the exception of a few cafe-style spaces.
• Every day we provide a home-cooked, plant-based lunch and dinner with options for special diets including vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, and no onions & garlic.
• Raising kids here is easier. Some of the time that parents spend raising their children counts towards their labor quota. Many of the kids are home-schooled or "[unschooled](https://www

In the future I definitely either want to join a community or start my own. One question I think about often is having kids and will I raise them in an intentional community or in more normal mainstream society? There's a quote I read somewhere that the worst thing you can do to a child is to raise them differently from their peers, and that it will set them back in life. I don't know how true that is, but I was raised by people who were overprotective and raised me in a way that wasn't exactly the mainstream normal way. I definitely have been stunted by that and would never wish to cause that to someone else. I guess many people go through something like that to a varying degree but an intentional community is so far from the average person.

Let's say best case scenario there is no one abusive in a community and everything is fine and dandy. What effect could that have on a person? Would it make a person overly trust worthy of other people? If as an adult they encounter a situation outside their past experience, will it cause trauma? And will it be hard to adjust and integrate into mainstream society if they choose to? Many people who did grow up in communes/communities rejected that life style in their adult life. Maybe we all (or at least want to) rebel from what we grew up in

On the other side, I wonder how much is it worth to be part of mainstream society? I existed in it and have been dissatisfied. A lot of my friends feel the same. We all talk about creating some sort of commune or living alternatively. 90% of the world doesn't live like western american people and their lives are just as valid. Why is the ideal of an "american dream" something we all strive even if it isn't possible. especially now with covid, the world is unstable and things could change at any moment.

Ideally I would like to have land, a few small houses, a common area and maybe some farming, more like an ecovillage. I wouldn't want complete and total assimilation of everyone if not everyone wants it. We can have households and whoever wants to live in each can and then live a little more communally. Maybe have some sort of group business or goal and then make the work more meaningful. The worst aspect of mainstream society imo is work that feels meaningless and doesn't actually enrich your life but makes someone else richer. I wouldn't mind working for the collective and to improve a community. That feels more like how work should be, maybe some sort of evolutionary thing w

Today I was revisiting Isn't Anything by My Bloody Valentine, and I was struck by something that I'm not sure if I ever realized before. As you may know, MBV has a pretty typical rock band set-up: guitars, bass, drums. But today I realized that on their track "Several Girls Galore" there is no bass present for the majority of the song, excepting certain parts. I wasn't sure how I had never noticed this before, given that bass is such a crucial instrument for most bands. I realized that it works really well for "Several Girls Galore" in particular because the whole song has a sort of delirious feeling, underlined by the chorus lyrics of "Insane, I'm sure/That living inside of me/Are several girls galore." So it got me to thinking of other examples where there is an intentional decision to withhold an instrument for some or all of a song, and why that may be. Here are some examples I could think of:

Ornette Coleman is well known for not including a pianist on his seminal recording The Shape Of Jazz To Come. While wildly disorienting for some listeners, this approach of removing a melodic and rhythmic anchor typical of jazz bands allowed Ornette more freedom to explore a whole bunch of melodic and harmonic ideas that may have otherwise not been thought of by contemporary jazz musicians. This stylistic decision is partly responsible for the evolution of free jazz.

Of lesser historical importance (but still great!) there's the incredible Prince song "Kiss" that does not feature any bass at all, barring the tones from his drum machine. I'm not certain if this is a choice that he repeated in other songs, nor his thought process behind this.

Similarly of less historical importance, there is the Caribou song "Kaili" which always feels like a beat is going to emerge but never totally does. Given that this is a pop song indebted to electronic music, it subvert a lot of tropes around what direction dance music should go in, and perhaps is even more powerful for never going into a four-on-the-floor type bat.

So: can you think of any other songs or artists who do something similar? Do you like it when an artist makes a choice to intentionally remove or minimize an instrument they would commonly use? Do these choices work for you or no?

I have a very interesting piece of land. It’s the last piece of undeveloped land in the city and was passed down from the early founders of the city until I purchased it. My dream is to build a small intentional community here maybe 5-10 families. Property contains a large pond, marshland, oak/maple forests, high sandy pine forests, and plenty of moist bottom land forests.

Im still building out my vision, the goal would not be 100% self sustaining but to build a model for more connected community living. With COVID speeding up the move to w work from home economy, I see a place that provides shared office space and gym/yoga facility. Having built in community and space in times like these would be amazing. I also would want a shared pole barn with commercial kitchen for food processing; a storage facility, and a wood working shop; a large greenhouse; private Kitchen Garden area for each home; shared orchards; an acre grain and staple plot; and at least 10 acres left for wilds.

The property is extremely unique, but the town has been struggling like so many small mid west towns and cities. A lot of people stuck in their ways, or people commuting for work to the closest large city. A lot of potential, but needs revitalization and investment.

I’m hoping to connect with other people who perhaps have been a part of something like this. Would love to hear everyone’s thoughts and experiences. It’s a big endeavor and I’m just in the ideation phase. I’m not keen on DIY housing, and would prefer to keep everything to code. But wood heat, solar panels, and sustainable materials are a must. Would be great if we built everything using lumber on site. But there are some really innovative prefabs hitting the market as well. If you’ve ever been a part of something like this, or have visited any communities I’d love to hear your thoughts!

Thanks in advance!

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I’ve been getting a lot of flack here so I just want to add some more details so people can fully grasp what the situation is.

I purchased this house on 18 acres 10 years ago and moved from Bronx, NY. I’m a web design/developer and I work from home. I had no experience with gardening and never heard of permaculture. In 2012 I became interested in gardening and started my first garden. I discovered permaculture that same year, got me some chickens and began my journey.

My house originally was pretty much surrounded by forests, mostly scotch pine, not native. I had a 30 x 30 lawn which I converted to ga

Freetown Christiania, also known as Christiania (Danish: Fristaden Christiania or Staden), is an intentional community and commune[1][2][3] of about 850 to 1,000 residents, covering 7.7 hectares (19 acres) in the borough of Christianshavn in the Danish capital city of Copenhagen.[4] It was temporarily closed to visitors by residents by consensus in the plenum in April 2011 and a later occasion, but later re-opened.

Christiania has been a source of controversy since its creation in a squatted military area in 1971. Its cannabis trade was tolerated by authorities until 2004. Since then, relations between Christiania and Danish authorities have been strained. Since the beginning of the 2010s, the situation has been somewhat normalized and Danish law is now enforced in Christiania.

What are opinions of Anarchists on this place? Has anyone ever been there, is it still Anarchisty ?

What do socialists think of this hippy nonsense?

Hello Reddit,

My name is Alexis Zeigler. In November of 2010 eight people and myself acquired 127 acres of land in rural Virginia in order to create an intentional community (otherwise known as commune) focused specifically on living sustainably and off-grid. Prior to this, I had had some experience building conventional off-grid houses for a number of friends and, having seen how costly, high-maintenance and error-prone these systems were (most of those friends went back on-grid after only a few years), I decided I wanted to try and find better approaches to off-grid technology.

Today our community (it's called Living Energy Farm, you can find our website here: livingenergyfarm.org) has twelve members, including children. We are currently completely energy self-sufficient on the residential level, using a setup that has been running with very low maintenance costs (both in terms of time and money) for many years.

There are two key ways in which our system differs from conventional off-grid technology. The first is that we primarily store energy in forms other than electricity, allowing us to function with much smaller solar panel rigs than are possible with conventional systems. Our solar space heating system is a good example of this. Rather than have a solar panel connected to a large battery bank and run a space heater off of that battery bank, or keep a wood stove running constantly, we heat our house during the winter with passive solar and a combination of solar thermal hot air collectors and DC blowers that are connected directly to our solar electric panels. On a sunny day the solar hot air collectors heat air, which the blowers then push under the floor so the heat can radiate up through the house. To make the most of this heat we have a heavily insulated house (our walls are around a foot thick, insulated with straw bales) that cools very slowly, allowing us to stay warm even after multiple days without enough sun to run our blowers. The entire heating system operates without any electricity needing to run through a battery or inverter, which allows us to get away with much lower battery capacity than other off-grid systems. We run many tools directly off our solar electric panels, such as a winnowing fan, grain grinder, drill press, metal-cutting lathe, belt grinder, air compressor, to name a few. We refer to the way in which our equipment runs primarily off of a solar electric panel as Daylight Drive.

The second way in which our system

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Greetings, all... The cost of living is low, medical services are good. English-speaking population. Good connections to all parts of Europe. Three US installations on territory. Access to beach. Moderate temperature. Would anyone be interested in opening an intentional community for veterans? There are some real bargains on land in the countryside. People who love being in the nature, agriculture and animals would be very satisfied.

On paper, my family is thriving. My children will never want for anything in terms of life opportunities, resources, help for whatever it is they need help with, or material possessions. But I don't think that's enough.

There is a theory that the modern family suffers because we are totally out of sync with the tribal/communal way of living that made our evolution as big-thinking/big-doing homo sapiens possible in the first place. We were made by the tribe but then we, relatively recently, abandoned the tribe model in pursuit of personal/familial gain.

I belong to my local country club but do not feel connected to anyone there beyond superficial give and take. Same goes for my neighbors, the fellow moms/dads at my children's schools/daycares, the many service providers and store clerks I interact with on a regular basis, etc. I feel connected to no one on this little geographical blip I belong to even though I long to.

Though that's not entirely true: there are few like-minded individuals in my bubble I know for a fact I could connect beyond superficially to, but practicalities/social trepidation prevent this from materializing. My young children, too, have other kids in the town they have formed a special bond with, but it's so damn difficult to even set up a simple play date with them. Most of the time my family and I are just hanging around the house together when we have free time, but I wish we would be out there, interacting with other community members, either productively or just for fun.

It's hard to spend enough quality time with your immediate family let alone your extended community, unless...your extended community were more immediate. Enter the concept of cohabitation or intentional communities. This was a dream my father had and it's something I have always been intrigued about, but now that I have a family of my own + solid finances, it's an idea I'm starting to consider more seriously.

I think it would only work with other community members who agree on the same crucial core values and are flexible/laid back about non-crucial values. I also think it would take a lot of financial freedom to pull off, but could also include members with low income who have high skills/value to offer the community.

This is something I could ramble on about at length, but I'll stop myself short here and ask you what you think about the idea of pooling resources and creating a more immediate extended community.

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Not long ago, I made a post on /r/intentionalcommunity where I expressed the lack of a place where I felt I belonged. It was an act of despondency, but I got an unexpected response of people who felt as I did. Now, we’re working to make that community a reality!

The values of Effective Altruism align very well with what the community is all about. I could explain more, but I think my original post that started all this speaks to it both on a logical and emotional level that will be hard to replicate, so I’ll just post a link to that here.

For those of you who aren’t familiar with what an intentional community is, “An intentional community is a planned residential community designed from the start to have a high degree of social cohesion and teamwork.”

If you’re interested in learning more, let me know in a comment or send me a DM and I’ll link you to our subreddit where we’re discussing how to make the dream a reality!

In highschool, I went to a five-week summer residential program for students. In college, I went to a small liberal arts school. These spaces had the best communities. I made countless life long friends.

Talking about our research at community meals, nerdy stuff, traditions, etc. I've never felt as held as I did in those communities.

I dream of joining a long-term community one day. The academic spaces I've been were ideal, but my wallet doesn't want to be in college forever. I spent a summer in an urban co-housing community. It was nice to be in close proximity to people. They were like minded, but not so much into discussing astrophysics and neurology at the dinner table 😂

Does an academic-minded community already exist? Or am I going to have to make one?

for the past three years i've been considering joining an intentional community. i love the ideas and am fully onboard except for one thing.

im seeking more a group of people who are into activism rather than the traditional intentional communities, which seem to be more quiet and attempting to make a difference simply by leading the ideal lives.

does anyone know of anything along those lines? i feel like the people i could most benefit from talking to are either not online often or would be wary of talking to me, but i don't know where to start.

I watched/read a bunch of videos and comments to compile this list. Reply to this thread with your feedback and I will make updates. I will attempt to prioritize the feedback based on how many people are asking for it.

Strengths

• Classic Halo Gameplay with an Openworld Twist
• Classic Halo Art Direction
• Chief Armor
• Game Focused on Chief
• Pilot
• Grunt Yeeting
• Music
• Elite Character Design
• Grunt Character Design
• Jackal Character Design
• Start Game Screen
• Inclusion of old Halo weapon favorites (BR BABY)
• Craig :8|
• Shield Recharge SFX
• No ADS (like in Guardians) for weapons that shouldn't have it, like the AR (Suggested by u/OdiiKii1313)
• Grappleshot
• Pick up and Throw Fusion Coil
• Overworld Map
• Equipment are Map Pickups
• The armor breaking system on the Brutes (Suggested by u/OdiiKii1313)
• Destructible Vehicles
  • (Warhog wheel coming off)
• Brute Stagger Animations
• IT’S ON GAMEPASS (Suggested by u/connerjameswilson)
• Available on Steam!
• Particle and VFX look great
• Wildlife
• Jackal Patrols without shield out
• Even if it's there, the sprint seems rather slow, and in general the combat de-emphasizes enhanced mobility. (Suggested by u/OdiiKii1313)

Weaknesses/Suggestions

• Weakness: Lighting [ESSENTIAL]
  • Watch This Digital Foundry Video
  • Suggestion: Delay release and ship with Raytraced Lighting and AO Based on the thread, this seems to be rather debatable. Some people would prefer to play the game sooner than have perfect lighting. (Suggested by u/happywheels2133)
  • Suggestion: Maybe allow players to drop 4k in order to have improved lighting
  • Suggestion: Remove day/night cycle and bake in shadows
    • Seems that people like the idea of having a day/night cycle. (Suggested by u/serpx)
  • Suggestion: Have the weather and day/night cycle change after cutscenes, load screens, and when you exit buildings. (Suggested by u/hsingiboxer)
• Weakness: Environment Pop-in [ESSENTIAL]
  • Suggestion: Maybe allow players to drop 4k in order to have improved graphics.
• Weakness: Plastic Looking Materials [IMPORTANT]
  • Suggestion: Ship with Raytraced Lighting and AO
  • Suggestion: Improve Material Quality
  • Suggestion: Make them look a little more "alien" rather than just plain old metals
  • Suggestion: The exposed, hexagonal sub

I think we need to keep pumping out ideas for Hoge. I'll start and others can follow. But we need somewhere to keep these ideas because otherwise we're left searching though the subreddit or the idea gets forgotten.

I've suggested decentralized Hoge lottery, and dapp hoge online poker. These ideas could be implemented when we become a DAO and can give incentive to developers, but they could be forgotten.

Don't want community members to feel like their ideas are being forgotten, and don't wanna lose track of any good ideas.

Edit: side note, obviously the roadmap is a similar thing, but imagine if we had a seperate community roadmap. Things like this aren't being done with other coins.

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