A Modern Answer to the Commune
community building. Indeed, Ms. Berger and others seem to share the ideals of the old-
fashioned communes of yore, except that their groups are tiny, urban-centric and linked
to outside interests like fixing bikes or, here in New York City, membership in the Park
Slope food co-op. And like communes, many collectives give themselves names: The
House of Tiny Egos (a name that's decidedly more evocative than, say, Findhorn, that of
the hoary Scottish commune) is a five-person collective in a century-old brick bungalow
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in Bed-Stuy. Not only do they aim to remain of the world, they hope for a convenient
location, one that's near all the major subway stops.
Are their numbers surging? Hard to tell, though people who study more traditional
"intentional communities" -- that is, any group of individuals living together with shared
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