Near Charlottesville is one of the oldest (50 years) secular intentional communities in the US, Twin Oaks [0]. And several others these days, including a few t

Near Charlottesville is one of the oldest (50 years) secular intentional communities in the US, Twin Oaks [0]. And several others these days, including a few trying to get started in Charlottesville. While Twin Oaks is not right out side the city, Charlottesville is the closest larger city (amusing to see it called a "big city" in the article :/) and some people find the rural community isn't quite right for them and move to the city. While the city is large enough for that to not have a much direct impact, it is small enough that I suspect over the decades it has helped encourage a more community minded approach. Twin Oaks is an egalitarian (income sharing) community part of the Federation of Egalitarian Communities [1]. There are quite a few other communities around the US and the world as well [2]. The Seattle area also has quite a few communities. [0] http://www.twinoaks.org/ http://www.twinoaks.org/ [1] http://www.thefec.org/ http://www.thefec.org/ [2] http://www.ic.org/directory/ http://www.ic.org/directory/