Escape from mainstream society repeated endlessly as commune members fled each other.

Evidence

In fact, leaving was a common solution. Faced with what a Twin Oaks member called “the tyranny of everyone doing their own thing,” those who had escaped once were driven to escape again, this time from the commune. Houriet witnessed this especially in the early and unstable years of the communes: “Somebody was always splitting, rolling up his bag, packing his guitar and kissing good-bye—off again in search of the truly free, un-hungup community.” — Jenny Odell, How to Do Nothing, 168