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Agricultural land is cheap and plentiful if you don’t want to live within commuting distance of a major city. The US is really big and comparatively empty. Wyom

Agricultural land is cheap and plentiful if you don’t want to live within commuting distance of a major city. The US is really big and comparatively empty. Wyoming is bigger than the United Kingdom and has less than 600,000 people and there are plenty of other states with an abundance of farm land.

kwhitefoot 7y ago
But that doesn't seem to be motivating the Amish to move to such areas. According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_Amish_population https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_Amish_p... the Amish population of Wyoming was 130 last year. Mind you that appears to be 130 more than before. It seems that, at least until very recently, they prefer to be where there are already substantial numbers of Amish people already (quite sensible of course). The biggest increase in absolute numbers 2010-2019 was Pennsylvania which is also the state with the highest Amish population.