We are a commune of inquiring, skeptical, politically centrist, capitalist, anglophile, traditionalist New England Yankee humans, humanoids, and animals with many interests beyond and above politics. Each of us has had a high-school education (or GED), but all had ADD so didn't pay attention very well, especially the dogs. Each one of us does "try my best to be just like I am," and none of us enjoys working for others, including for Maggie, from whom we receive neither a nickel nor a dime. Freedom from nags, cranks, government, do-gooders, control-freaks and idiots is all that we ask for.
From Wikipedia
The town and region have featured in two major Hollywood films: Ridley Scott's The Duellists (1978), based on Joseph Conrad's Napoleonic tale; and more recently Timeline (2003), adapted from Michael Crichton's time-travel novel, and set in 14th-century France.
Here is a more reasonable venture in my old neighborhood. It faces east into the deep Southside, virtual hell on earth just a few miles away. Another 20 years and you'll need to rearm the turrets just to survive.
There are a lot of chateaux at various levels of decrepitude available in France. Leggett is an interesting realtor for that; they focus on the UK expat market so understand Americans pretty well.