What is the Protestant view of communal living?

What is the Christian, more specifically Protestant, view of communal living? By communal living I mean things like shared housing and intentional communities. I can't find any teaching that would prohibit communal living, yet it seems so rare. Is there a specific reason for this? I'm also wondering why there are no large residential communities in Protestantism where people live together. For example, something like a monastery but without the vows and other things criticized by the Reformers. I hope that's not too many questions!