That wasn't the community I was thinking of - there's TONS of coops in Madison. In fact, there's one right across the street from my office. But, I wouldn't say that they're necessarily intentional communities, by my understanding of them. The coops tend to be a group of folks that live in the same house and share meals - but they're not exactly close-knit. In Madison, at least, they also tend to fall into several niche groups - druggies, hippies, or punks. (The one across from my office is a druggie house, or at least it was when one of my friends lived there. He moved out and joined NA - which became his new community of sorts.) The coops aren't designed to be self-supporting, resources aren't pooled (you pay for the meals as part of your rent) - they're just shared places to live. (For the most part - there might be exceptions.)
The one I was thinking of was out in the country and much more along the lines of Zendik, from what I could tell. It might actually be defunct now. I think they called it a "social living experiment." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:167222 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
