[Shechaiyah]

Wait a minute. There are 500 intentional communities in the US; 600 Indian reservations and communities.

I know of 37 TwelveTribes Communities that are very cohesive.

Padanaram in Indiana is from the 60s, and growing.

I know that the Amish and Mennonite farming communities are growing, not shrinking.

Twin Oaks and Geshundeit (Patch Adams, a personal friend) in Virginia have been going strong for forty-odd years.

Not to mention, monasteries and convents still dot the landscape.

Let's not put a dark cast on a progressive alternative community movement, just because they don't all succeed, okay?

Shech--