Hey Nicole, thanks so much for raising this! I actually struggled to describe what I'm aspiring for with this substack. I am aiming for something like "intentional long-term coliving" but that's a bit of a mouthful unfortunately. I finally chose "commune" because
* Community can refer to anything from a slack community of crypto nerds to a neighborhood community
* Coliving feels like it's becoming a very commercial term used by developers to refer to their flatshares and that's not what I am aiming for here
* Commune is defined by wikipedia as an "alternative term for intentional community" which is close enough to that mouthful, and I like how the hippie-association of the word clashes a bit with the analytical approach here
That being said: Both Selgars and Feÿtopia certainly aren't communes. But coliving also felt wrong, especially for Feÿtopia. Maybe we have to coin some new terms haha. I'll try to be a bit more consistent in the posts going forward.
Fascinating! I would say that although these are communal spaces, neither space counts as a commune per se. A commune is where personal belongings are mostly renounced, and there are more things shared than not -- shared vehicles, shared income, shared ownership, etc.
Does it feel like splitting hairs if I suggest that both spaces you mentioned, Feytopia and Selgars, lean much more towards being a coliving than a commune? This is because both have clear owners (community managers) who control who comes into the space, the stays are seasonal/temporary thus no shared ownership or continued equity, and both are pay-to-stay-and-play, whereas communes often accept anyone who can lend a hand.
Also curious to know how you differentiate commune/community.
Thanks for writing about these spaces! Both are dope are deserve more exposure.
Hey Nicole, thanks so much for raising this! I actually struggled to describe what I'm aspiring for with this substack. I am aiming for something like "intentional long-term coliving" but that's a bit of a mouthful unfortunately. I finally chose "commune" because
* Community can refer to anything from a slack community of crypto nerds to a neighborhood community
* Coliving feels like it's becoming a very commercial term used by developers to refer to their flatshares and that's not what I am aiming for here
* Commune is defined by wikipedia as an "alternative term for intentional community" which is close enough to that mouthful, and I like how the hippie-association of the word clashes a bit with the analytical approach here
That being said: Both Selgars and Feÿtopia certainly aren't communes. But coliving also felt wrong, especially for Feÿtopia. Maybe we have to coin some new terms haha. I'll try to be a bit more consistent in the posts going forward.
Fascinating! I would say that although these are communal spaces, neither space counts as a commune per se. A commune is where personal belongings are mostly renounced, and there are more things shared than not -- shared vehicles, shared income, shared ownership, etc.
Does it feel like splitting hairs if I suggest that both spaces you mentioned, Feytopia and Selgars, lean much more towards being a coliving than a commune? This is because both have clear owners (community managers) who control who comes into the space, the stays are seasonal/temporary thus no shared ownership or continued equity, and both are pay-to-stay-and-play, whereas communes often accept anyone who can lend a hand.
Also curious to know how you differentiate commune/community.
Thanks for writing about these spaces! Both are dope are deserve more exposure.
I loved reading your experience from the inside ;-)