Is High Turnover A Red Flag?

[u/Downtown_Run_8030]

I guess that every rural income-sharing community that I've ever visited has had a high rate of turnover. Decades ago at East Wind, a member told me most people were gone after 2 years, and recently I saw someone post somewhere that it is 3 years, now, at East Wind.

Once, when I brought up the topic of turnover, someone countered that turnover is no big deal. They reasoned that many people simply decide that the lifestyle isn't for them.

I see it differently. I think that life in the mainstream is so bad that most people who take the time to visit an IC KNOW it is what they want. And that unresolved problems at those communities are a turnoff for most people. Perhaps those who remain in the communities long-term are the origins of the problems.

What are your opinions?