Just a note to those who are tempted (as U.S. citizens) to feel superior: When the task of burying utilities is completed on the French side -- assuming it is -- then the French side of St. Martin will be way ahead of most neighborhoods in the U.S., where our overhead lines are vulnerable to wind storms and ice damage.
Don't know where this came from but I for one don't feel "superior" to any other nation. But I do expect, as an American, to be treated with the respect duly earned from the blood shed during two World Wars.
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