"I wonder if there's opportunity for some kind of renaissance of communal living, in one form or another." Sure and it is happening since a while, take a look

"I wonder if there's opportunity for some kind of renaissance of communal living, in one form or another." Sure and it is happening since a while, take a look here for example: https://www.ic.org/ https://www.ic.org/ So far most of the projects are rather in dreamland than in reality, but some are well established and working. edit: you will also find actual monasterys there if that is your thing