They are very old fashioned and that's not always for the better. Women are treated as second class citizens. Where I live, we see this firsthand when a Mennonite/Amish couple have to do business outside of their own society, like officiate a land purchase. If the woman has to be present to sign a document, she stands two paces behind the man and quietly waits to be told what to do by him.
That being said, I'd choose them for neighbors every time over the hordes of illegals that I used to live around in southern California.
I lost a lot of respect for the Amish when I learned, and researched that they run some of the worst puppy mills in the country.
They are very old fashioned and that's not always for the better. Women are treated as second class citizens. Where I live, we see this firsthand when a Mennonite/Amish couple have to do business outside of their own society, like officiate a land purchase. If the woman has to be present to sign a document, she stands two paces behind the man and quietly waits to be told what to do by him.
That being said, I'd choose them for neighbors every time over the hordes of illegals that I used to live around in southern California.