U.S. Geography General Knowledge #3

In most states, the requirement to be a city has little to do with size, but whether or not the area has been incorporated into a city. Oversimplified, it's because they filled out the paperwork to be one. Here's a list of the smallest incorporated cities in the US, including Greenhorn, Oregon which boasts a population of... 2.

It's the opposite in my area. The Amish drive horses and buggies and the few who drive cars only have black cars with no chrome or trim. They wear only dark clothing and keep more to themselves. The men and women always wear black hats. The Mennonites drive vehicles like the rest of us, have cellphones, and the women wear long, colored dresses, and they wear aprons over them and wear a small, white head covering. They are very friendly to other people. They have a store in our area which is very popular, and one of the families built an addition to our house. We really enjoyed getting to know them. The Amish are nice, too, but more severe. My brother is on the volunteer fire department and he said one of the Amish men joined the volunteer fire department but got in trouble because they let him drive the bright red, shiny firetruck to a fire. He was told by the other Amish that he could ride on the truck only if it was to an emergency, and he couldn't drive it under any circumstances.

There's nothing negative about "unusual." And whether the Amish's religious beliefs themselves are unusual, the Amish are certainly unusual.

The numbers might be even higher were it not for all the buggy/vehicle accidents. The black buggies are hard to see on dark-colored roads, especially at dusk. We had a close call with one just last year.