This gratuitous bashing of the French is one of the most uncharitable posts I’ve seen in a long time.

I happen to be the daughter of a French citizen (now American). My mother’s entire family still lives there. Her brother, my uncle, was a priest who was incarcerated in a Nazi prison camp during WWII for being a priest.
My cousins all take baths every single day. They wash their hair every day, and they use deodorant. So do all their friends. One of my cousins teaches English in a Catholic school, which is, by the way paid for by the French taxpayers.
My cousin loves the USA so much, she comes twice a year. Once to visit and travel, and the other to bring her students in an exchange program she started with CATHOLIC high schools in the St Louis area. She brings along fellow teachers. She brings her husband and son, who love the USA too. Her son loves to do WWII military enactments. American ones. They celebrate D-day in American uniform (along with a bottle of fine French wine).
They do have potable water, but, like in Germany, they are used to drinking mineral water.
When our students go to France, they are welcomed by and put up by families in Chartres where she teaches. I have never met such a generous people.
The only nasty remark I heard out of any of the teachers was, “There sure are a lot of obese people in the US.”
Back to our regularly scheduled program.