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Originally Posted by rousseau

Come to think of it, there are German-themed towns all over North and South America, but you don't really get this with other ethnicities, do you? I mean, there are no Italian-looking towns anywhere, or French, or Thai, or Jamaican, or what have you.

Why did this happen with Germans? Brazil and Argentina have the most Italian immigrants, but you don't have little Italian-themed towns anywhere, just German ones.

Weird.

Certainly in Canada and the northern US, Bavarian style architecture is suited to the climate. Plus Bavaria is beautiful, I can see why people would want to emulate it in mountainous settings