[Centropolis]

Originally Posted by lio45

lol. How about "zero"? Even in Quebec it's not that easy.

On a somewhat related note, I'm somewhat considering a second home in Charleston or Savannah or New Orleans, and as someone who's a francophone, the idea that maybe I could sometimes use my language if I picked the latter is not something that I find plausible. (Thus, not a criterion.)

Maybe a few generations ago, it would be different, and the Sunbelt francophone enclaves of Florida could have gone there instead (people like me), if some sort of critical mass was there already. But now, forget it.

in the case of both missouri and louisiana, french decline in the principle city preceded rural areas by many decades, if not a century. i’ve never heard french or franglish in new orleans that i can recall.