old fashioned towns (house, eat, people)

[goodburger]

i think this last one was misunderstanded, because they dont count gang shootings

[8palmtrees]

Originally Posted by nycricanpapi

You can go to the AMish town in PA. This is the most old fashion you can get lol. They do not even use cars there. Just Horses.

Very true my friend,
Might I add that I was told that the Amish head down south to Sarasota Florida in the winter. Now please any Sarasota natives correct me if I am wrong about this. But I was told this information by a friend of mine who visited The Amish area in Sarasota in the month of April.

[irishlover]

Three words, LA GRANGE TEXAS (pop ~5000)

Has a beautiful old fashioned county courthouse with surrounding town square, here is a pic:




(county seat of Fayette county), lots of old fashioned shops around the square (barber shop, old school dentist, candy store, meat market, coffee shop, pharmacy with soda shop, bistro etc). The setting is also beautiful...the town sits right on the Colorado river with wonderful trails and rafting/tubing opportunities right on the river. The town is in a valley surrounded by gently rolling hills with large oak trees all around.

The town has really made an effort, at the administrative level, to keep the "big box" stores out of downtown and keep the mom and pops open. Visiting the downtown area is like stepping back 50 years. There are many neat small Texas towns in the "hill country", I've been to most and I can tell you La Grange is the best!


The town is also situated nicely 1 hour from downtown Austin and 2 from Houston. Summers are hot but outside of June-Sept its a wonderful place to visit and spend the weekend. But, shhhh...its a secret!

[Thomas R.]

Originally Posted by 8palmtrees

Very true my friend,
Might I add that I was told that the Amish head down south to Sarasota Florida in the winter. Now please any Sarasota natives correct me if I am wrong about this. But I was told this information by a friend of mine who visited The Amish area in Sarasota in the month of April.

Really? Hmm I don't think I'd ever heard that, but then again I'm not in Florida or Amish country.

The following indicates there is one Amish settlement in Florida with 135 people.

Amish Studies

I did find an article about the Amish in Florida and I guess there's a part of Sarasota they visit.

http://www.amishnews.com/amisharticl...hinflorida.htm

Neat the things you learn! It says the Amish are only in 20 states. If I'm reading the chart from "Amish Studies" right then the following states are without Amish

Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
California
Connecticut
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Louisiana
Massachusetts
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
North Dakota
Oregon
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota - I believe it has several Hutterite communes though. Hutterites are a very different group, but they're also communal and old-fashioned Anabaptists.
Utah
Vermont
Washington
Wyoming

Maine seems to be the only state in New England with Amish. There appears to be no Amish in any state that borders the Pacific. I believe Oregon does have one Hutterite commune.

[thisiswater]

Carlisle, MA hands down.

Hi - I've lived all over the country and spent some time studying the Amish. You might want to know that, while it's v. easy to romanticize them, they run the country's puppy mills, treat women and children as inferior (it's the religion/culture) and contrary to the wholesome, gentle living image, are cruel to their horses and cook with tons of preservatives! I'm not judging here, just describing.

If you're interested in communities w/ old fashioned true and egalitarian communities try Quakers. They drive cars though!

[skinem]

Originally Posted by thisiswater

Carlisle, MA hands down.

Hi - I've lived all over the country and spent some time studying the Amish. You might want to know that, while it's v. easy to romanticize them, they run the country's puppy mills, treat women and children as inferior (it's the religion/culture) and contrary to the wholesome, gentle living image, are cruel to their horses and cook with tons of preservatives! I'm not judging here, just describing.

If you're interested in communities w/ old fashioned true and egalitarian communities try Quakers. They drive cars though!

OMG!! Say it isn't so! They cook...with...preservatives!!?? The horror! The horror!

While Washington and Oregon may not have Amish, they do have sizable populations of Hutterites and Mennonites...related groups if I understand it right.

A Hutterite (commune?) group used to neighbor my dad's ranch...

[Thomas R.]

Originally Posted by skinem

OMG!! Say it isn't so! They cook...with...preservatives!!?? The horror! The horror!

Thank goodness that kind of thing doesn't occur in civilized America

Still the Amish do have some traditions that seem a bit harsh, they were partly formed because they believed in shunning, and they are a bit inbred. More I've learned of different Anabaptist groups more I've started to find the Hutterites a bit more interesting. They're comparatively obscure in the US, but Canadian sources seem to talk of them some. You seem to know someone who lived near them, do you know what they are actually like?

[solardream]

Perhaps Haile Plantation in Gainesville, FL? It's a little pricey.

I like Halstead, KS but it's more rural than you'd probably like, but only twenty minutes from Wichita. There are lots of photos online if you google it.

[goodburger]

ill look up la grange texas that sounds like what i described i think ill try halstead to i like the sound of living in kansas with the wicked witch lol

[goodburger]

i was looking at halstead on google maps is there any good areas you know? (not old people neighborhood, maybe a neighborhood watch, etc)