engineered_academic t1_itrlia8 wrote on October 25, 2022 at 8:01 PM

At your location you're probably going to find going to Boston to be a better fit than anywhere in NH.

While 1st generation Chinese immigrants exist in NH, they largely fly under the radar as Chinese restaurant owners if they aren't college students. I've met a few that have married American spouses and moved to NH with them. However these folks are few and far between. There are several Wechat groups for Chinese people in New Hampshire, but you have to know a member to get in.

movdqa t1_iu7k13z wrote on October 29, 2022 at 3:56 AM

Our kids went to Chinese language schools a long time ago in Chelmsford and there are a fair number of these schools outside of Boston. Boston, of course, has a Chinatown and your MIL may be interested in visiting. My experience has been that people visiting here have been more interested in seeing and experiencing the area rather than talking to other Chinese - even with the language issue. My wife speaks several dialects and my son speaks Mandarin and I just keep one close if I go to a country where the main language is Chinese.