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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 651747" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>We have quite a few where I live in rural middle Tennessee. Some are Amish, some are Mennonites. No two groups appear to be the same, some are much more traditional than others, some more liberal in what they allow. The ones here do keep to themselves but they run all kinds of businesses besides farming too. The men do construction work and demolition, they build and sell neat little backyard sheds, one family runs a wonderful plant nursery. The women sell homegrown produce, handmade baskets and other crafts, homemade breads, cakes, jellies, etc. They are known to be very strict with their children and it's definitely an old fashioned farming mentality. They run some of the biggest puppy mills and they view the dogs as "livestock" the same as cows or pigs. There is one family here that raises and trains horses and a lot of people use them to break their young horses. But a lot of people refuse to use them now because they consider their methods to be cruel. And the ones here do go to doctors and take advantage of modern medicine in cases of serious illnesses. My daughter is a nurse and used to work in the large hospital in a neighboring county. She said it wasn't unusual to have them as patients at the hospital and at visiting hours, the whole community would show up! Here you very rarely hear of any serious crimes in their communities. But if there ever was, our current sheriff who is a good friend of mine would not hesitate to be right in the middle of it. I guess the main thing you could say about them is that each group is so different and unique that you can't generalize about them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 651747, member: 1883"] We have quite a few where I live in rural middle Tennessee. Some are Amish, some are Mennonites. No two groups appear to be the same, some are much more traditional than others, some more liberal in what they allow. The ones here do keep to themselves but they run all kinds of businesses besides farming too. The men do construction work and demolition, they build and sell neat little backyard sheds, one family runs a wonderful plant nursery. The women sell homegrown produce, handmade baskets and other crafts, homemade breads, cakes, jellies, etc. They are known to be very strict with their children and it's definitely an old fashioned farming mentality. They run some of the biggest puppy mills and they view the dogs as "livestock" the same as cows or pigs. There is one family here that raises and trains horses and a lot of people use them to break their young horses. But a lot of people refuse to use them now because they consider their methods to be cruel. And the ones here do go to doctors and take advantage of modern medicine in cases of serious illnesses. My daughter is a nurse and used to work in the large hospital in a neighboring county. She said it wasn't unusual to have them as patients at the hospital and at visiting hours, the whole community would show up! Here you very rarely hear of any serious crimes in their communities. But if there ever was, our current sheriff who is a good friend of mine would not hesitate to be right in the middle of it. I guess the main thing you could say about them is that each group is so different and unique that you can't generalize about them. [/QUOTE]
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