Reply #97: It is always interesting

[conscious evolution]

There are fourteen people,nine dogs,four cats,chickens and an emu.Our place is only a couple of miles from downtown Atlanta.(the tornadoes passed half a mile away.)We are set up a little differantly then communes in the country in that most of us work normal jobs in addition to the work involved in keeping our place running.We also have to deal with the normal headaches found when living in the city that every else has to deal with.(taxes,crime,etc..)

Two things that make a commune successful:Everyone must pitch in and everyone has to look at it as a big happy family.
Nothing can wreck an intentional community like having people who won't pull their fair share of the workload involved in running a large household.Lazy people give rise to resentment amongst those who get stuck carrying the load.
Group cohesion is also important.Lack of cohesion can create factions and the intendent frictions that go with it.