by Danielle T.
There is a commune in the East San Francisco Bay Area where the "Purple People" live. When I was growing up every teenager went up to the guard gate at least once to check it out. There's all kinds of legends around that place. Some people say it's a sex cult, some people say it's just a bunch of stoned hippies. There's also rumors about why everything there is purple. Most people who have grown up in the Bay Area, especially in the East Bay, know about the place. It's about a 20-minute drive east of San Francisco on the Eastern side of the Caldecott Tunnel in Contra Costa County. The official name of it's the Lafayette Morehouse. Here's a link to their website:
http://www.lafayettemorehouse.com