YouTube - The Farm's Ecovillage Tour
It would be LOVELY to live in a commune. But hippies tend to be lazy.
I would rather TAKE the fruit of the peasants' labor, rather than be the peasant laboring.
If you could do it modern-like, it would be worth it. But you've got to watch out for lazy hippie mooches. If you've got good organization skills and can profit from the "civilized world" (ie. retreats), it would be worth it.
P.S. Every time I start that video I have to watch it all the way through.