Amish Squeezed Out By Suburbia

Posted by: Erin Clark
Thanks to: Erin Clark

29 March 2004 - 11:00am

A sign of tensions between urban and rural landscapes, Amish families are moving away from their traditional settlements.

"Drawn by low farm prices, fertile land, a longtime dairy industry and a state with generally liberal attitudes, Amish are gobbling up huge swaths of real estate in and around Grant County,[Wisconsin]...In search of seclusion, Amish people have fanned out to 28 states, including Illinois, as settlements in historic Amish areas have run out of room or are being squeezed by modern civilization."

Full Story: Amish find a new refuge in Wisconsin

Source: The Chicago Tribune, September 14, 2005