They call their lifestyle “clever poverty”,where each family lives below the poverty line and shares all the resources with each other.“The big sacrifice you make in living here is you’ll never become wealthy,” said Keenan Dakota.“I mean you’re not going to hit the jackpot and suddenly make it to the top.However,you are never going to be poor,you’re never going to the unemployed,you’re never going to lose health care,you’re never going to be homeless.It is a tradeoff that a lot of people here well certainly are willing to make.”
Dakota has lived at Twin Oaks for 32 years and his son Rowan was born on the commune.Before moving to Twin Oaks,his name was Daniel Edward “I Lost” McGee.As a former student body president at George Mason University,he said he came to Twin Oaks to give a talk and never left.
But living in Twin Oaks doesn’t come without sacrifices.At Twin Oaks,which has been in operation for 48 years,decisions,including whether or not you’re allowed to have a child,have to be approved by the community.
“Having a child is not something you can take for granted,and that you can just decide to do on your own because you’re not responsible for financing that kid’s growth.The entire community is,so the entire community has to make that decision,” said Katheryn Simmons,who has been at Twin Oaks for five years.
While this kind of lifestyle may not appeal to everyone,for some,this sort of communal living makes a lot of sense.Some of the
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