[trchek]

Re France listen the French are super duper proud of their language and rightfully so, it’s still practical to communicate to your residents important information.

Re San Antonio, they actually are counting the metro area which brings in a lot of white suburbs and throws the numbers off a lot but in the interest of being balanced, let’s say I’ll concede the point.

There are still a lot of US citizens in San Antonio that speak Spanish primarily, I think you’d be surprised by this, I know I was the first 200 times I met someone like that, lots of people there with roots back several generations still speaking with English with an accent.

[huhkerrf]

Considering I grew up outside in San Antonio, I don't think I'd be surprised at all...

[trchek]

Well met, I love that part of the world and I have many happy memories of my time there.

So I guess I just misunderstood where you were coming from but I’m interested as I also see in another thread you commented on this :

> Citizenship and residency have both benefits, but also obligations. GP moved to France without a good grasp of the local language. Note: I'm importantly not talking about the native minority languages in France.

So can you elaborate a bit on your comment about minority languages? I believe there are way more multigenerational Spanish speakers in the former Spanish/Mexican parts of the USA than there are Basque, Alsacien, or Breton speakers, so if I understood you correctly you’re ok with some carve outs for the Alsaciens, Catalans, Bretons and Basques of France. If you disagree with the above statement or if I just misunderstood I’d be interested too.

PS yes I moved without perfect French, but it wasn’t for lack of trying and experience in learning similar languages, in the end, I just wasn’t willing to bail on my employer last minute who’d put all this money and planning into this, so I just muddled through. It worked out after all.