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Intentional Community is what we've been building with this planet. I can see this in real-time.

Can we have Zombie Street and Penpal Lane and .....

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Originally Posted by Medusa (Post 444609)

Let's pretend that Jack and I finally just won the Arkansas Powerball for $173 million. :)

After taxes, that's about $100 million left over.

Let's pretend that we're building a compound on about 400 acres just north of where we currently live. :)

Would you want to live on a BFP compound?
What skills can you contribute?
Would you want to do community meals every night in the "Mess Hall"?
Would people still need to pay something into the system like rent, even if it was only nominal?
Do you think you'd get tired of living with family all year long?
What pro's and con's can you see to this idea?
What input do you have?

Let's speak it into the Universe!

I would like to live on the compound now that I am retired. I am not a cook, but would be happy to clean.

I think there should be community meals in the "Mess Hall" every night.

Those who can't pay, even sliding scale, can contribute in some other way.

I wouldn't get tired of it as long as I had private space to get away.

It is always difficult when humans are put together in one place; disagreements, misunderstandings. There would probably be a need for community meetings, often. There would have to be rules and consequences that we create and agree upon. And the larger the group, the harder it is to police or find command ground. So size matters.

I would love love love this! As far as what I can contribute, I am an awesome cook, even for large crowds. (I once held the position of Convent Cook at Boystown. There weren't THAT many nuns there at the time, but we had quite a few in residence, plus they were always having people joining them for meals).

I would also want my own space to retreat to. I would love having the option of being around everyone, but there are just times, yanno?

Anyway, someone also talked about preferring to just pay rent and continue working in their field. I am the same way, I can work wherever I happen to be with my business, as long as I have REALLY GOOD INTERNET CONNECTIONS! So I could easily picture Mon-Fri working for my own biz, then Sat & Sun helping cook, clean, and all that community stuff.

I also would vote for someplace with a temperate climate most of the year, if possible. I don't do bugs, don't do the bad snakes, don't like extremes in temperatures anymore. altho, if I have air-conditioning and a nice fireplace (or better yet someone to snuggle up with when its cold!), I could probably live about anywhere.

Let's name the streets!

We have:

Zombie Street
Penpal Street

I'd like to see a "You are belong to me Way"

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Originally Posted by Medusa (Post 444772)

Let's name the streets!

We have:

Zombie Street
Penpal Street

I'd like to see a "You are belong to me Way"

How about rainbow highway..

love the idea and perhaps a small dairy hmmm..

only flaw for me is distance from my daughter she is the EX"s bio daughter and I can not be away from her and the EX she is one of those who looks down her nose at the Butch Femme dynamic

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Originally Posted by Medusa (Post 444772)

Let's name the streets!

We have:

Zombie Street
Penpal Street

I'd like to see a "You are belong to me Way"

I suppose the street signs should be green with pink letters?

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Originally Posted by Medusa (Post 444743)

My vision would be that it would look like a loose subdivision with everyone having their own house. We'd have several different housing styles available: 3 bedroom/2 bath, 2 bedroom/1 bath, and 1 bedroom/1 bath.

I like the idea of having common space in the middle but everyone could retire to their private houses when the community stuff got to be overwhelming. :)

Sounds lovely :)

Will pot growing be allowed?

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Originally Posted by durrrrrrrr (Post 444657)

sounds good to me, but, only if I can bring my Harley with me and I can wear a baseball cap 24 / 7 ( cuz thats how i roll )

I can make sure everyone has gasoline, diesel , to run vehicles, farm equipment...etc etc

Dude....you need a cowboy hat too....For those Formal wear occasions:sunglass:

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Originally Posted by durrrrrrrr (Post 444784)

I suppose the street signs should be green with pink letters?

Horray or pink with pink letters. But then you couldn't read it. I guess the green is ok too.

:blink:

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Originally Posted by The_Lady_Snow (Post 444790)

Will pot growing be allowed?

We will, of course, allow "gardening" :)

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Originally Posted by OS Butch (Post 444791)

Dude....you need a cowboy hat too....For those Formal wear occasions:sunglass:

but of course :cigar2:

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Originally Posted by princessbelle (Post 444792)

Horray or pink with pink letters. But then you couldn't read it. I guess the green is ok too.

:blink:

uh, that's to much pepto bismol :|

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Originally Posted by Medusa (Post 444794)

We will, of course, allow "gardening" :)

i can build the "greenhouses"

my questions are all about security.......well thought ought, intelligent, useful, pertinent, training, blah, bla blah, blah........

I'm with guihong can we have a call before you just show up policy?

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Originally Posted by June (Post 444809)

Not after I bring this in.
http://images.wikia.com/alf/images/6/62/ALF.jpg

I'd like to live next door to him
Please & thank you

can we have a stocked pond for fishing?
can i build a brewery?