Complex sentence: The movement was controversial in the 1970s and 1980s due to its founder's hostility to traditional values, first in India and later in the United States of America, particularly the state of Oregon where the movement had a large intentional community in the early 1980s.
Split into simpler sentences: The movement was controversial in the 1970s and 1980s due to the founder's hostility to traditional values, first in India and, later, in the United States of America. This was particularly the case with the state of Oregon, where the movement had a large intentional community in the early 1980s.