Although it sounds a little bit like communism, the community might be really good if it has some strict code or strong value system, like the religion has.
Unfortunately human nature or at least most of the humans tend to try to bend the rules for their comfort or profit.
Currently we are part of so called parents cooperative, where the parents have established a kindergarten for the kids, we cook the food on schedule, we clean, we pay to rent the house, we pay wages to the teachers. But we have the saying what our kids will learn during the day, what type of games they will have and so on.
We have responsibilities and we have freedom of choice.
I love it.
But then, there are this group of parents that their kids will go to school this fall.
They are now bending the rules so their kids can continue visiting the coop in the afternoon. They take space that would be for the newcomers. And most importantly, their kids need different activities than the 2-5 years old ones. And they don’t take naps and they are noisy when the little ones should be sleeping. And tons of other issues.
So we are moving out, unfortunately.
So yeah - community yes! But with strict code!