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> How much of this can be adapted to inland dwelling? From a cursory glance - most of it. But it's a semi-commune, anyway, so you need willing participants.
by einpoklum 6y ago
> How much of this can be adapted to inland dwelling?
From a cursory glance - most of it.
But it's a semi-commune, anyway, so you need willing participants. I would _love_ to move into a place like that myself... but capitalist societies don't tend to encourage this type of communal projects as an alternative to atomized individualist social arrangements.
- rodelrod 6y agoCommunities like this pop up regularly but are naturally unstable. They sometimes (often?) work great while their members are like-minded, young and healthy. Over the years the population inevitably drifts and the community either collapses or becomes more and more embedded in the surrounding society, which has more stable institutions to deal with people not thinking alike. Check out the Utopia series [0] from "The Theory of Everything" podcast for some examples. [0] https://theoryofeverythingpodcast.com/series/utopia/ https://theoryofeverythingpodcast.com/series/utopia/