i'm keenan dakota. lived here 22 years.owan, who was born at twin oaks and has grown up here. >> reporter: before moving here his name was daniel edward mac day hee. george mason university. he came to twin oaks to give a talk and never left. >> i feel when i came to twin oaks when i was 23 that i retired. you know? life was kind of easy. i feel like there's not that much work, it's not that hard to do the work that there is here. >> come on, lock up. >> reporter: keenan's son rowan grew up here fulfilling his work credits by farming. he's now taking college classes at the local community college and tells us growing up on a commune hasn't made it easy for him to meet friends in the outside world. but it's a tradeoff he doesn't mind. >> do you think you'll always live here? >> yeah. i think -- >> you seem hesitant. >> yeah, i mean -- i definitely kind of want to explore the world a little bit more. like i've gone to other countries and stuff but i don't think i've actually -- i don't really know what it's like to live in th