Intentional Community

[ragani]

I really want to create/participate in an intentional community. It has been one of my dreams for years, and one that I still want to see as a reality. Especially when(if) I become a parent. This would be such a great environment to be raised as a child.

My mom sent me a link to Dragonvale, an intentional community being developed in Main. We could so do something like this here is we could find the land (and in the bay area, that is a big if).

This concept of an intentional community has a lot of appeal, although it is not the reason I want to be part of one, and I am not sure that it is the kind I would want to develop myself.

What do you think, guys, can you imagine our very own sustainable community with a Renaissance Faire built in? And if so, what should we call it?

Comments

[ribbin.livejournal.com]

I grew up in Clovis (essentially a suburb of Fresno), and still have strong ties to that area. There are several "co-ops" there, the prime example of which consists of four families who bought adjacent properties (two and two on two paralells streets, making a square) and simply tore down the fences and called the yard common ground. Houses are still strictly private, but just about everything (pool, hot tub dancehall (Yes, DANCEHALL!), gardens, bamboo thicket, dove cote, are all shared.

[ragani.livejournal.com]

Now, that is one model that I have head about that does appeal to me. There is one in Davis much like this. What a great idea to have a shared dancehall! I can think of lots of friends who would like that.