Amish built …

I get a chuckle whenever I see that marketing term as it’s really a double entendre. A lot of wood product factories choose to locate in Amish country because of the cheap nearby supply of labor and timberlands.

• Amish are often very skilled craftsman as they rely on their hands to build their farms and work in wood product factories to make enough income to buy the things they can’t produce on the farm.
• Amish are also very skilled at cutting corners, making things work well enough to hold up for a while and if required comply with mandated applicable regulations or standards but not go an inch further.

This is not to pick on the Amish specifically though – only the branding. Many poor, working class rural folk are like this – always working to stretch their buck a little further with a little creativity and interpretation of the standards to save money – even if in general they are talented at what they do.