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<p>An intentional community is a voluntary residential <a href="/facts/Community/LIptGwqy">community</a> designed to foster a high degree of <a href="/facts/Group_cohesiveness/bAWLQ7rI">social cohesion</a> and <a href="/facts/Teamwork/Erx0C3Jw">teamwork</a>. Such communities typically promote shared values or beliefs, or pursue a common vision, which may be <a href="/facts/Political/1gDNy3RP">political</a>, <a href="/facts/Religious/cxntrD0R">religious</a>, <a href="/facts/Utopia/Jddz3yUp">utopian</a> or <a href="/facts/Spirituality/o2neYDkN">spiritual</a>, or are simply focused on the practical benefits of cooperation and mutual support. While some groups emphasise shared <a href="/facts/Ideology/BWooMbq7">ideologies</a>, others are centred on enhancing <a href="/facts/Social_connection/AXh23Xfj">social connections</a>, sharing resources, and creating meaningful relationships. </p><p>Although intentional communities are sometimes described as <a href="/facts/Alternative_lifestyles/4Lunsku1">alternative lifestyles</a> or <a href="/facts/Social_experiment/TVD9xwr4">social experiments</a>, some see them as a natural response to the isolation and fragmentation of modern housing, offering a return to the social bonds and collaborative spirit found in traditional <a href="/facts/Village/jhnY07n2">village</a> life. </p><p><a href="/facts/List_of_intentional_communities/vH13fqTJ">The multitude of intentional communities</a> includes <a href="/facts/Collective/46AyTlC2">collective</a> households, <a href="/facts/Cohousing/u4XwFLqu">cohousing</a> communities, <a href="/facts/Coliving/eBrtUA5f">coliving</a>, <a href="/facts/Ecovillage/S4Q9qY4a">ecovillages</a>, <a href="/facts/Monasteries/t8MRXpsM">monasteries</a>, <a href="/facts/Retreat_(survivalism)/P55vys28">survivalist retreats</a>, <a href="/facts/Kibbutz/WEqbUCv8">kibbutzim</a>, <a href="/facts/Hutterites/a00g0BQs">Hutterite colonies</a>, <a href="/facts/Ashram/sXfdTLxe">ashrams</a>, and <a href="/facts/Housing_cooperative/tQcXEHqL">housing cooperatives</a>. </p>