in Arizona, there is a community called Arcosanti:
http://www.arcosanti.org/expArcosanti/main.html
I haven't been up to their site, but I did have a chance to talk to the creator of Arcology, Paolo Soleri. It might be a place you'd like to check out Lurkette, either for ideas or maybe just to visit sometime in the future. 
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