I wish those of you who do not live around the Amish and Mennonites had to. You simply have no idea. While I respect, and admire them, in many ways, the fact is that they want to be able to move into a neighborhood and live as they choose, and make those of us who have been living there all along compromise our way of living in order to accommodate theirs.
If you have ever had to drive on a highway covered in horse chit on a hot summer day, and have it all over your car, you just might change your mind about them.
I'm not sure about the Amish, but I did grow up in the midst of the Mennonites in Southern Ontario. Our family farm dealt with many of them many times over the years and I never once heard my father talk them down in any way, nor have I ever heard anyone complain about what their horses do on the side of the road.
I'd rather have them for neighbours than a lot of other so called "normal" folk.
