What Maine town is a true quaint New England town? (Portland: live in, restaurants)

[Pammyd]

Originally Posted by CRioux13

What town to you fits the definition of a true New England town? I am looking for a quaint town with a cute main street with shops, coffee houses a diner etc., with all the Maine charm.

Gosh how do you choose one? I love Bar Harbor! Then if you move inland, there are so many of them. I use to live WAAAAY up North in Aroostook County and think that Houlton was to me a super quaint New England town. You should come on down to Connecticut as we too have quaint New England Towns. We have Durham, Madison, Middlefield, Cheshire, Salem, Haddam, East Haddam and so many more.

[halfabuck]

Originally Posted by 8635angelvalley

Rockland has a cute little downtown.
Hallowell too.
Ellsworth is nice too.

Years ago I went to Dexter and thought is had the potential to be incredible with all the cool old brick shops with apartments over them downtown.Haven't been back since but it could really be fabooooo.

Dexter is resurging as a great little town with restaurants, motels, and a new organic food store right in the downtown area. They still won't allow a McDonalds or any big box stores which would create some good jobs for the residents but they have specific reasons for that.

[hennybenny]

Dexter, Dover-Foxcroft, Skowhegan, Bingham, Monson, Bangor, Machias, Calais, Farmington, Houlton, Deer Isle, Stonington, Winter Harbor, Belfast. Maybe Van Buren and Fort Kent.

[AustinB]

Originally Posted by retiredtinbender

I thought that was Sherman?

Filmed in Camden. Can't vouch for what may go on in Sherman...

[Submariner]

Originally Posted by hennybenny

Dexter, Dover-Foxcroft, Skowhegan, Bingham, Monson, Bangor, Machias, Calais, Farmington, Houlton, Deer Isle, Stonington, Winter Harbor, Belfast. Maybe Van Buren and Fort Kent.

Aren't some of those cities?

[portlandano]

Portland is the true blue New England town. It has all the quaint New England controllishness that you've come to expect in New England, including bad public transportation and almost total lack of bus stop shelters.

[slyfox2]

Too bad they can't get LL Bean to provide free public transportation from at least June to September.

[portlandano]

Originally Posted by slyfox2

Too bad they can't get LL Bean to provide free public transportation from at least June to September.

What about during the winter? I live here all year round. September the fun is just starting. I actually don't mind the cold, but I respect good organization, and frankly Maine doesn't have the organization worthy of being "England" anything, much less "new". The British are at least organized: They have public transportation over there.

[Submariner]

Originally Posted by portlandano

Portland is the true blue New England town. It has all the quaint New England controllishness that you've come to expect in New England, including bad public transportation and almost total lack of bus stop shelters.

Portland is also the biggest city that our state has.

[portlandano]

Originally Posted by forest beekeeper

Portland is also the biggest city that our state has.

Yes, I have lived in it for 7 years. It is a small city, and I do NOT wish it to become too big, like with corporate skyscrapers and NIKE buildings like Seattle, but I do wish that it had better transportation, something along the lines of the original tramways that used to be here. I like the history of Portland, the Grand Trunk Railway, the freights that used to go around the peninsula and on to Montreal. I was actually strangely delighted when they opened the historic freightline back up between Montreal and Bangor. Portland really has a lot for New England, like the Rigby Yard in South Portland is the largest rail yard in New England. The Portland Company for instance is very interesting:

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