my father didn't call it a commune, but he grew up where relatives lived nearby or at the same residence if it was large. in jamaica on my mother's side, they owned a sugar plantation and the home was a family home as it was huge and all family could live there. i learned later in latin cultures its actually a popular way to live, but in usa it was different. i know it was. but i grew up thinking it was normal.
my father owned a huge house with grounds when i was very young and a lot of people lived there over time. at first it was relatives and then it started expanding and i know my grandfather thought it was a very unhealthy environment. so did my mother and stepmother. it freaked them out.
a friend of mine was born in a commune just outside of washington d.c. and her sister was born in a commune in paris. by the time her parents realized this may not be a good way to raise little kids, they were 5 and 3 years of age. her father had a huge bong in his den and smoked pot every day of his life. conversely, his kids viewed it as old people's thing and never smoked at all. all three of them were preps. her father was very burned out and would shoot the breeze with everyone FOR HOURS. he was FAR OUT. lol. really nice though, but very far out.
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WERE YOU AROUND COMMUNE PEOPLE?
Posted on 09/13/08, 09:32 pm
WERE YOU AROUND COMMUNE PEOPLE? OR PEOPLE doing the cooperative farm thing which was very similar? were you born in a commune? a couple of my friends were?
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Reply #1 09/13/08 9:38pm
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Reply #2 09/15/08 2:58pm
I had friends whose parents did the communal living thing in the 60's and 70's. I didn't hear anything about it though, they ended up disbanding and getting their own places :) I think it works best on a small scale, it's a pretty good idea if you don't get someone who takes advantage of the situation. I like the idea of living with extended family, this culture's gotten away from that -
Reply #3 09/20/08 10:02pm
just realized where you got the jamaican cooking from! lol. no. the family we have there are from england and they don't cook themselves at all. they are plantation owners. its actually my mother's biological father who owned it and ran it...all british but they have been there since the 1860's. lol. -
Reply #4 10/28/08 2:39pm
my uncle lived a commune life for awhile, I didn't know much about him though.
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