Recent comments in /f/newhampshire

erwachen t1_j9n6of4 wrote

The Franco-American center in Manchester may help connect you to other fluent speakers.

Unfortunately, the usage of French has been dwindling year by year in New England, even in places like Madawaska. I have heard the French speaking population went up in the past few years in Portland, Maine, due to refugees and immigration from French speaking countries.

Your best bet is joining a club for French speakers. Also, there's always the Quebecois or Acadien tourists during that season. There seems to be a steady stream of French speaking tourists in Salem, MA.

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Lightningcloud86 t1_j9n2y6y wrote

Haha I probably know who you are! Can you believe Todd Wiley, the philosophy teacher, solicited sex from one of his female students in 2015. Crazy shit. I took 2 English classes and philosophy 1&2 with him.

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RickyDaytonaJr t1_j9mz8jq wrote

This is needed. The Upper Valley is a child care bubble. There are only a few viable childcare providers…some of which have management issues and a rotating door of staff (despite receiving ample COVID relief money). I paid more than $30K for child care last year, and I was probably in the middle of the pack because my kids are slightly older. I know one family with an infant and a toddler that is paying more than $3,500 per month.

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kitchinsink t1_j9mvyfx wrote

Thank you for the detailed response. I appreciate it! I really need to get better at reading soundings. I can pick out favorable tornado conditions, but that's about it.

Also, I thoroughly enjoy the weather, especially the nuances of forecasting, but unfortunately went the engineering route so now it's just an interest. Still, always learning!

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Different_Ad7655 t1_j9mviol wrote

Haha New englanders have always gotten the reputation of being cold and unfriendly. But in my book, it's always a matter of minding your own business and being in that sense tolerant of your neighbor. Their business over there. Growing up gay in New England for this reason was no big thing in the late '60s for me. I travel a lot, I am in California now , Los Angeles for the winter. Oh God I hate Florida.. I think the distinctions however, the mobility of everybody on the planet especially in the US, the internet, YouTube, etc etc Netflix whatever has lessened all of these distinctions, better or worse. Not only a US level but on a global level. I see it especially in Europe the homogenization the globalization more and more

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