[muawiyah]

Hmmm. Anybody ever hear of Bismarck North Dakota. That's a planned community with its roots in the Prussian Empire. Then we have New Orleans, New York, St. Louis, Louisville, Gallipolis, a whole series of Spanish missions in California, Santa Fe ~ the FIRST la villa real (a sort of Spanish government center) North of the current Mexican border (that we know of).

Then there are the British investment zones ~ again, Greater New York, Philadelphia Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia and so forth.

This is not at all a new thing in America.

[cripplecreek]

This is not at all a new thing in America.

The real problem with trying to insert something insidious into America is the fact that none have been able to keep America out.

Asians are a major tourist market to Michigan anyway. If it weren't for our tough business climate and liabilities, I've considered starting a niche hunting and fishing guide business catering primarily to Asians on private property of farmers I've known over the years.

[Puckster]

My childhood was there in Bismarck. This was from 1955 to 1966.....I didn't really get the Prussian vibe there.

Not that I'm doubting, but it sounds interesting...do you have a reference?

BTW, when I tell black coworkers that there were black families in Bismarck back then.....they look at me with incredulous faces.