Ben Zolno: Top 5 Ways Hippies Can Make You Rich: " you have only $50k to put down for a land deposit, your choices are limited. If you got together with 20 community members, you're looking at a million bucks, just to start. That's the choice between mortgaging a shed on an empty lot or owning several hundred acres outright in some parts of the country. With that much space"
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For some, the American dream is having a three-car-garage McMansion, a place to raise and spoil your kids, an honest, high-paying job, peace of mind and enough cash to be worry-free into an early retirement. Maybe that's not working out so well for you if you're trying to do it all on your own, and even if you've done it on your own, fulfilling your desires may be coming at the expense of others' needs.
But the economy of scale in communal living with you and your closest dozen best friends will have you dropping your jacket and tie and for a tie-dye t-shirt and flowers in your hair.
Besides some of the cliches you'll see in this satire promoting the Art of Community conference starting a week from today (September 23- 25 in California), community living has serious advantages that are looking more and more appealing to the average American feeling the hard times of the recession, especially those able to connect the dots of our daily headlines to see the future of food, oil, water and world economy.
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