Land we own together.
We set it up as a co-op: the community owns the land, one member one vote. There's no outside operator who could ever sell it out from under us.
UNCOMMON GROUND
Ordinary men. Uncommon ground.
A village of gay men, living naked in the sun, on land we own together.
No shame. No landlord. No one to answer to. Just a place to live openly, love freely, and grow old on your own terms, among men who get it.
We're early. This is a real group of men working it out together, in the open. Scanned our code at a meetup? You're in the right place.
A place to live, not to visit.
Nude beaches exist. Gay resorts exist. But there is almost nowhere a gay man can simply live year-round, nude by default, among men like him. That is the place we're building.
It's a small village owned by the men who live in it. Nudity is just the everyday norm, not a weekend pass. You're free to love and play without anyone's judgment. And the guy next door helped put up your place, the way you'll help put up his.
Men have wanted a place like this for decades. What's been missing was never the wish for it. It was someone to bring the right people, the right land, and the right money into one room so it could actually get built. That's the work we've taken on.
Clothing-optional communities drift clothed. We've watched it happen. So here, nude is the default, and our own rules are what keep it that way.
The plan so far.
None of this is settled. Every piece is still open for the group to shape. But here is where our thinking stands today.
Your plot, your build.
Everyone holds their own plot and builds what fits them, whether that's a full house, a small casita, or a trailer. No matching rooflines, no HOA deciding what color you paint.
Affordable on purpose.
We want a man living on Social Security alone to be able to afford it, with shared-housing options for anyone who needs them. This can't be a place only wealthy men can reach.
Built by our own hands.
A small crew can raise a natural-materials home in a matter of weeks. Build-weeks double as gatherings: men come for the company and leave having put up a real house.
Close to what matters.
Wherever we land will be within reach of an airport and solid LGBTQ-friendly healthcare. This is somewhere to live a whole life, the later years included.
Where could this be?
We're after a county with warm weather year-round, a legal footing that already allows nudity, and a local government willing to work with us. Our pitch to them: turn low-value farmland into a community that pays taxes and brings jobs. Here's what's on the board right now.
San Diego County, CA
Superb climate and a huge gay community within reach.
California land prices and permitting are brutal.
Riverside County, CA
Palm Springs orbit, with gay and nude-friendly spots already next door.
Summer heat is serious, and water is a question.
Yuma County, AZ
Cheap land and sun almost every day of the year.
Remote, so healthcare and airport access need a hard look.
Hidalgo County, TX
Very low cost of living, warm winters, an established snowbird economy.
Texas politics and summer humidity.
Pasco County, FL
America's nudist belt, where the legal groundwork already exists.
Hurricanes, humidity, and Florida's political weather.
Outside the U.S., say Spain
Nudity is normal there, and rural land is affordable.
An ocean from family, and Medicare doesn't travel.
Got a case for one of these, or a place we haven't thought of? Tell us when you sign up.
What we hold to.
Nude is the norm.
Not the exception, and not something you ask permission for. The freedom to be bare without being the odd man out is the promise this whole place is built on.
No shame.
None about your body, your age, your desires, or how you love. Men here don't apologize for any of it.
Owned by the people who live here.
The men who live here make the decisions. No investor, no operator, no one with a business plan for the place you call home.
Real over polished.
We'd rather build it ourselves and have it a little rough than buy something perfect and lifeless.
Help decide what this becomes.
The big questions are still open. When you sign up, tell us where you land on these. Every answer moves the plan.
Quiet refuge, or lively village?
A calm place to retreat to, or a social, sex-positive village with events and energy? Or room for both?
Where?
Desert Southwest, Florida, the Texas border, or abroad?
How would you live?
Build a house, park a trailer, rent shared housing, or start out seasonal?
Get on the founding list.
No commitment and no spam. Just raising your hand. We'll keep you posted and ask what you think as real decisions come up.
Your info goes to Maxwell directly and nowhere else.
Who's behind this.
Maxwell Xiong started it. A musician and technologist who got tired of asking why this place didn't exist yet, he runs the search, the numbers, and the conversations.
Randy handles the technology and keeps the digital side running.
Around them is a growing circle of men from the gay naturist world: builders, organizers, and future residents shaping this alongside us. As the founding group settles and each man okays being named, we'll introduce them here.
Name
One-line talent
Short bio.