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Anyone ever had a bad experience with the Amish community?

I have lived around them for twenty years and they are not what the appear.

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They kept to themselves....I lived in a county with the highest population of Amish in the state and never had a problem with them, they'd come into towns on Saturday morning to take care of business.

Malingermind · 51-55, M

I have had a very different experience. Poaching, trespassing, theft and many arrested for drug dealing. The worst are the ones who are jailed for molesting their daughters.

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@Malingermind: I have heard of the molestation charges in some of the families....the drug dealing and all of that I've never heard of. What state is this in?

Malingermind · 51-55, M

Michigan and Ohio. Every once in a while they will get caught shoplifting

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@Malingermind: I've never heard of it in Missouri or even here...they stay to themselves. Here the only time I've seen them in stores was at a Hobby Lobby, they were buying sewing and crafting items.

Malingermind · 51-55, M

Different sects I guess.

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@Malingermind: I think they worked too hard to get into trouble back then. These teens learn a bit of worldiness when they get out and do their Rumspring stuff and then go back to the farms and keep doing it.

Malingermind · 51-55, M

Some of these Amish are in their 30's and 40's. We have a real bad group here in central Michigan.