Intentional communities, collectives, communes; we have all heard the stories about "commune cults" like Heavens Gate, and Jonestown; no doubt these were outrages that should not be tolerated, but these are only remembered because of the shock value they carry. There are thousands of commune upstarts that have gone out with much less in the way of publicity. To totally dismiss the idea of people living in an intentional community setting because of the few the media choose to illustrate, (usually only attractive because of some freak-like quality they think will give them copy) is selling the idea a bit short.
