The "Amish community" is a general group with a specific heritage that follows certain principles. They live in many different states. Actual Amish people do l

The "Amish community" is a general group with a specific heritage that follows certain principles. They live in many different states. Actual Amish people do live in a communal way, share resources, help each other, have common church practice, etc, which makes their local communities (not "the Amish community" in general) communes.