From the time that I was born, I grew up in an Amish community.
Now, I will be the first to tell you that being Amish isn’t as bad as people seem to think. We are being oppressed or hindered in any way by being Amish. Living off the land and without electricity is not as bad as you think it might be. However, this year, I decided to leave the Amish community that I was a part of to begin a life of my own. I don’t think that electricity is inherently evil, so my house has all of that. I think that the craziest part of this whole experience is the furnace and air conditioner in my new home. I have never lived in a house during the winter without having to chop and haul wood. All of my life, we used wood to heat our homes. Now, I pay for the electricity to heat my house. My furnace works for the entire day, heating my house without me having to think or worry about it. Honestly, it is a pretty sweet deal when I think about it. However, furnaces and electricity are a lot more expensive than wood boilers and wood. The air conditioner is nice though. We have never had any way to cool our homes, and air conditioners seem like a dream come true. Though my community warned me about air conditioners, I think that if they had air conditioners, they would change their minds. I don’t think I will look forward to paying an HVAC technician to repair my HVAC units though.