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My Grandfather moved from France to the US in 1959. All my french relatives love it here and want to stay when they come to visit.
I live a few miles from the French Quarter. If Napoleon wasn't such a douche we still might belong to France down here. But he was only interested in this place (port of NO) because it was right next to Haiti which he was trying to conquer. However, the mosquitos on the island quickly spread disease to the frenchies who were not immune and they all died and they lost. And so Napoleon eventually went ahead and the Louisiana Purchase was made.
If you don't know the history of that, you are missing a major part of how the USA came to be what it is today.
So you can thank shorty. And hate Napoleon all you want, he kicked a lot of ass.
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