I Visited Off-Grid 'Hippie' Communes To See If They Have Life Figured Out. A home made of cob and stone at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage in Rutledge, Missouri (July 2023). During my week at Dancing Rabbit, people welcomed me into their homes, sharing “family dinners” and even a birthday party. Intentional communities tend to have incredibly low rates of crime — theft isn’t common when you know all your neighbors. Still, after my months of immersive research on intentional communities was done, I didn’t end up joining any of them.
