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Religious Tourism
My girlfriend hails from Lancaster. PA. Being a southern transplant to NYC, I was never aware that people from the north take trips to Amish country to view them in their native habitat. It has always struck me as odd that people would venture out of their way to gawk at an ultra-religious group practicing their religion, and I have always wondered if the Amish appreciate all this attention. So imagine my surprise when I discovered that yesterday an Amish tour group from Lancaster ventured to Crown Heights Brooklyn to view Hasidic Jews in their natural habitat Anna Karenina full !