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Hello my name is Bryalba and I live in a Commune.
One of the first things you need to know about communes is they hate being called communes and like being called intentional community's (IC). Most are self sustainable and rarely people will have outside jobs. Depending on what IC your looking at it can be anywhere from five people to 90.

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Old topic I know I need to stay on my toes about topics I make. I moved around since the topic was made staying in another IC and then living in cohouseing for a bit. You are still welcomed to ask me any questions even though I don't currently live in one anymore.

To answer some questions I got in PM's
I found the first IC I stayed at through my friend He was going to do a visit a year before i met him. I decided to give it a try for myself.
http://www.thefec.org/
This is a good starting off point if your looking to give it a try.

Yes we pretty much have a garden to earn our income to live sustainable. The stuff we can't grow we buy local. The stuff we grow is all organic. Sometimes when we don't have something in the fridge we just go outside and pick it from the garden. There were a few rules (rules arn't called rules but called "norms".) but nothing big.

well we have a greenhouse so we still grow things in the winter also we have a walk in freezer so we can stockpile stuff. Since there is not alot of us everybody needs to be on hand to work therefore we don't have outside jobs.

So, what do you guys do for fun on your commune?

Since you've lived in a commune before, my question is this: How do you distinguish the good communes from the bad? In the past and present, some are more like cults or carry bad morals.