I went to that link, and it turns out Intentional Community is also known as "Co-housing", which is what people in my area call it. (I checked the state roster at that link, and my state has over 100 co-housing/intentional communities.) So I am familiar with this after all. FarTraveler, have you identified a community you want to move forward with? Here it is usually a big deal, where the co-housing community forms painstakingly, before they even buy the land to build on. It can be hard to divest of your share, once the land is bought and the dwellings built. I have heard of people who went the whole way and then wanted out because it turned out they didn't get along with the others in the co-housing group after all. I think it is a big risk! (I'm saying this from the perspective of someone who has just gotten out of a community of two--a marriage--and that was hard enough.) I would need great certainty I really liked the people before I would buy and build with them.