To collect accounts of personal experiences living abroad within the French community in New York City, I interviewed people who fell under the following criteria:
- 18 years or older (able to consent to interview)
- grew up in France and considers him/herself French
- has lived or will have lived in NYC for at least one year
All interviews were conducted in English. Therefore, some of the information might have been lost in translation. Interviews were generally conducted in the form of personal conversation guided by pre-written questions.
Currently, the demographic of the interviewees is leaning more towards people under 30, most of whom are students. This is because my social and academic circles give me more access to people within this demographic. Fortunately, because this project does not aim to generalize the total French population in NYC, the bias is not much of an issue. It is, however, still interesting to note different patterns amongst the interviewees, even if they generally come from the same demographic.
