I went to Montreal, Quebec City and rural Quebec last year as an American who doesn't speak a word of French and everyone was great. Maybe they didn't like you?

You feel naked without your gun on you, correct?

Goffstown

Uh.... what does that even mean?

Obligatory "lol"

This is so dog whistley lol

I haven't been to the La Kermesse festival in over 25 years! I really enjoyed it when I went; I'm half French-Canadian by heritage, and have some family in Biddeford/Saco.

We were in Chez Vachon this morning in Manchester and there was a table of older men speaking anglicised French like my mother used to speak when I was growing up in Maine. It was pretty nostalgic to hear.

Oh and the kidneys is just a joke about weird folk on the internet. I don’t want to wake up on ice but I don’t really think I would 😂

That’s not too far from me. I’ll take a look!

There really aren’t any Francophone areas in northern New England anymore (outside some old folks homes), maybe some individual families who still speak it at home. A lot of newer French speakers to New Hampshire are African immigrants but they mostly live in the cities & larger towns

I’m more used to Bass fishing but I try to do a little more with each season so I end up more well rounded over time. I was originally more into saltwater fishing. I could always give trout a try this year.

Yeah that’s the same sort of thing my cousin mentioned. Tons of ponds/lakes but you won’t know what you can access without knowing the area or knowing someone who does.

When I was a kid they even had Catholic mass on the West side in French. But don't think that's a thing anymore. Growing up and playing hockey in Manchester (Flames) was a trip as the coaches would tell yell at us in French if they got really pissed.

A library card is on my list!

Thanks for the the link! I’ll give it a look

Most of the traffic is going to be heading back over the bridge. Hudson won’t see much extra traffic from this.

That's what brings stuff like this new distribution center. As the population climbs, the facilities serving that population need to increase as well. Goodbye open land, hello retail support for a growing population. Not great for the handful of residents that live near there, but it does have easy highway access.

There's a whole world out there. The US is great but plenty of other places are too.

Quebec City is 100% worth the drive. You’re not going to find anything even close in Northern New England.

There are still some French speaking households in northern Maine, but it’s really on the decline. Pretty much only elderly people.

Near the border in northern Maine is your best bet.

Sucks, great courses, and convenient. Supposedly after Amazon bailed it was purchased by Target for distribution/logistics site. Good luck to the traffic shitshow for Hudson residents.

Here's the first copy I bought (probably '87 or so), I've got a later edition or two around here too. This and a Delorme map book were my bibles:)

Damn, another goose spot gone.

Northern Maine still has a few Acadian villages like Madawaska

California wine country definitely would fit the bill. I used to drive party buses through Temecula. That isn't Napa Valley but it was still pretty cool.