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An **intentional community** is a planned residential community designed
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from the start to have a high degree of social cohesion and teamwork.
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The members of an intentional community typically hold a common social,
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political, religious, or spiritual vision and often follow an
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alternative lifestyle. They typically share responsibilities and
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resources. Intentional communities include collective households,
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cohousing communities, coliving, ecovillages, monasteries, communes,
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survivalist retreats, [kibbutzim](kibbutzim "wikilink"), ashrams, and
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housing cooperatives. New members of an intentional community are
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generally selected by the community's existing membership, rather than
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by real-estate agents or land owners (if the land is not owned
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collectively by the community). |