we have a few colonies here

Czech museums in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and Yukon, OK.

@TMatthews you’re not wrong, but there a many pockets of distinctly European cultures.

and the name “Pennsylvania Dutch” comes from “deutsch” not “dutch”

I have an ancestor who came from Germany to Pennsylvania in the 1700s

also, there are some pockets of NC where people speak a version of 1700s British English with some Southern pronunciation mixed in

@Jacob What’s the town in central Washington that’s known for its German heritage? I was stationed in whidbey island WA for a few years

My area celebrates there German/Czech heritage very vocally. I never appreciated the environment until now.

Their*

Leavenworth

PA has a substantial number of Pennsylvania German speakers, but it's mostly just the Amish/Mennonites now. Used to be common with normal rural folks

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelsverein

I'm not sure how much of that is genuine German heritage and how much of it is just due to being a tourist attraction

It's definitely a bit forced, not that that's a bad thing

It's a pretty cool town

Leavenworth, famous for the Thirty Mile Fire...

😔

Among other things, probably

no that's a different town

I just looked up where the fire was and it's pretty far north of Leavenworth

@Jacob I appreciated the place. Texas is very much known for its German populations though.

It seems like you're thinking of Winthrop, a wild west themed town

Oh. Hmmm. It was mentioned in Maclean's book. I think Fitzpatrick and the others stopped there on the way

Washington is truly a great place though. Minus Seattle

I like eastern Washington

eh, you'd have to minus a few other parts

Olympia

I like living in Eastern Washington

Sure. I used to camp out in Yakima

Pretty much the entire urbanized part of Western Washington is cancer

Float the Yakima river

and significant parts of Central Washington are Mexican

Yep. I actually didn’t enjoy living on the western part

Yeah, NW as a white homeland is highly unlikely

Montana is best bet tbh lol

For now

Unless something happens

Idaho, CO, MT

Eastern WA

Eastern Washington is really hit or miss

just use Sci-Hub lmao