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 At least one Oregon community happily bridged the gap between rural and urban settings. The Rainbow Family, by 1971 a well-established commune, owned a house in Eugene and a farm several hours away near Drain.7 The community found a unique way to supplement its conventional sources of income. In addition to their successful garden and outside employment, the Eugene house sponsored teenage runaways and delinquents. The arrangement was approved by the county, although many thought that a commune was the last place a misguided child should be. However, the commune's unofficial leader, Harold Williams, felt that the Rainbow Family gave something to the kids that traditional foster care didn't: "Kids living here learn the responsibilities they have for themselves and others. They are given adult status. ,,8 The urban cousins of Oregon's rural communes also believed they could create a more harmonious, less capitalistic lifestyle. To many critics within the movement, howeve...