Just looked it up on wiki(yeah I know). It quotes the 2000 census with 62% of residents speaking French primarily at home. Interesting.

As someone who lives along the Downeaster, Thursday nights seem to be when the most freight trains pass for some reason

https://www.rimonthly.com/woonsocket-hasnt-lost-french-accent/

There was a little restaurant downtown that used to have French printed menus for folks from the nearby elder home. I also seem to remember that if there were dual language items in a store it would be english/french instead of the more common english/spanish.

This was of course 20+ years ago and that was really the only evidence at the time other than some decidedly french sounding last names.

It’s unfortunately slowly dying as the population ages, but Berlin, NH used to have its own French dialect. You’d still probably be able to speak some outside a church service, but it used to be far more prevalent. I think that’s going to be the case for a lot of New England towns.

Almost none. Chez Vachon and street names but that’s about it.

There are no French communities in Vermont, either, and definitely not along the western border. I don't understand why OP is opposed to going to Canada, since RIGHT over the border...

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Again?

Fort Kent is definitely bilingual

Yes, quite literally. Mother Earth is fucking ecstatic, not that golf courses help resemble nature much. However at least they’re habitat’s for some ecology. Love to know the emissions this place will put out, combined with the added emissions from all the extra MHT flights coming in with more shitty sku’s to put out on these box stores brick n mortars

That area was a little slice of golf paradise. 36 holes with the driving range on site and the golf and ski facilities there too. Such a shame, but such is life.

I’m starting to think I’ll be dealing with the same crap in a decade at most. Didn’t move far enough north.

Berlin?

Lots of luck. Both my parents were from Canada. They never found any French areas except for the people the knew that migrated here too. Even when they moved to northern Maine.

woonsocket RI ,check its history at least. its a bit different today. ca va.

I feel like Madawaska and Presque Isle in Maine are the closest you will come.

We bought millions of barrels of the dirtiest oil on the planet from Venezuela. When I had issues like you I started simple and worked my way up from there. Start with the filter at the tank. If it is not clogged and looks reasonably clean and doesn't have a creamy look to it (water) you don't have bad oil.

Its like any bias right. They personally met a few wealthy assholes, add some jealousy in there for good measure and viola, bob’s your uncle.

Relax. Lots of people would trade money for youth. Take advantage of your youth.

Just flew out ORH. You mentioned slow death. ORH looks like it died a long time ago. Did it have a hey-day of some kind?

Used to find some in Bar Harbor in the summer, not sure if that's still a thing. But otherwise, yea.. everyone assimilated.

Don't think you'll find much in NH but possibly Vermont near the river/lake on the western border. From the very little I know about French descendant migration a lot of it would follow the Mississippi river and great lakes region, that might extend to lake Champlain but it's a stretch.

Next closest thing would be like a French Canadian culture festival? Which I have seen advertised stapled to electric poles a few times in my life but perhaps googling would work better if you're seeking it out.

Oh no

Manchester NH's West Side had a lot of Quebecois, but not sure how much of that culture is is retained after several generations.

Paris, ME

Broadly true aside from Aroostook County, Maine. Places like Ft Kent and Madawaska still have French in daily life