It's a shame there are no polygyny communities such as this.

[paterfamilias]

It would be an interesting thought experiment to form a working group to come up with a community plan. How would it be created? How would it work? How would it be a community? What would the rules be? How would it be led? What happens when someone wants out? Etc.

My thought is what amounts to a shares ranch crossed with a co-op.

Large amount of land purchased. Plots sold off and monthly dues for infrastructure. Lots of cooperative projects. Got quite a litany on this vision really. I suspect that given the nature of the project @NickF is apparently working on, I image he has had quite a few notions as well
If someone ops out then the co-op has a say up or down on buyers by some sort of majority or the option to buy out etc

 

[Mark C]

And this is one of the biggest reasons IMHO. The deep south is absolutely miserable without AC.

Which is why I'm a fan of the high elevations in the Rockies, as in Colorado, and even New Mexico a bit south.

The growing season is still short (thus, greenhouses for some things) but LOTS of solar, 320 days plus a year, for both heat and off-grid electricity, and very low humidity. (No A/C) If we hit 90 degrees F once or twice a summer, it's a scorcher. And it'll cool off to the low 60s as soon as the sun is down.

It would be an interesting thought experiment to form a working group to come up with a community plan. How would it be created? How would it work? How would it be a community? What would the rules be? How would it be led? What happens when someone wants out? Etc.

Take a look at a place in Idaho, a number of years back, built by Col. Bo Gritz, of Green Beret fame. It was called "Almost Heaven," and structured as what they called a Covenant Community. Not without problems, however.

 

[MemeFan]

Mennonites in Colombia:

Mennonites in Colombia: Lands, Money, and Disputes

150 German families invested 30 million dollars to buy 33.000 hectares in Puerto Gaitan, Meta.

www.bowtiedcolombia.io