hippie communes
Sixties shared settlements
Hippie communes were intentional communities formed during the 1960s and 1970s counterculture movement, where members shared living space, resources, and labor while rejecting mainstream values.
Residents typically embraced free love, communal child-rearing, organic farming, and alternative spirituality.
Some lasted decades; most dissolved within a few years due to interpersonal conflict, financial strain, or the fading of youthful idealism: My parents met on a hippie commune in Vermont.
- countercultureRejection of mainstream values
- alternative lifestyleUnconventional way of living
- free loveUnstructured romantic and sexual bonds
- group marriageMultiple spouses united legally
- tie-dyeBound-fabric coloring technique
back-to-land · back to nature · organic farming · brown rice · psychedelic · Woodstock · collective living · shared childcare · ashram · peace · flower power · beads · handmade crafts · incense · barefoot · geodesic domes · hitchhiking · meditation
- Communeskibbutz, Hutterites, ecovillage, collective living, cohousing
- countercultureflower power, flower children, free love, Summer of Love, Woodstock
hippie communesgated communities
Enclosed neighborhoods with controlled access
country clubs · private estates · Wall Street · tract housing · homeowners associations
hippie communesboarding schools
Residential institutions for pupils
prisons · monasteries · boot camps · military barracks · military bases
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