All my life, I've only heard good things about the Amish, but in the last 20 years they have been moving into our area (S. Illinois). We have discovered that they are not quite as "good" as we had always heard.
One Amish neighbor decided he'd make some fence repairs, and drove on the outside of his fence, in the neighbor's alfalfa, in a late winter thaw, without discussing the repair with the neighbor.
Another Amish family lived across the road from my son, and he borrowed my son's tractor - for a month, and drove it all over S. Illinois. I observed him bringing his dog over to my son's home to eat son's cat food after son's family had all gone to work.
Another Amish neighbor, along with a trailer load of family, was caught poaching deer one night a few years ago.
As much as I'd love to believe that the Amish are the best that humanity has to offer, I find that it's like another poster said - they're human too. They have all the frailties that any other group has.
I must mention - these folks around here are "tractor Amish". Maybe that makes them a little more worldly than the buggy Amish.
It appears that they always try to save money for the clan, at the expense of the "English".
Good luck with your rental - I hope your experience is different than ours.
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