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02-07-2008, 07:23 PM
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Midcoast: Ok, some towns are friendlier then others. Damariscottia has a nice community feel to it with downtown community events, shops, good restaurants and a small waterfront, also walking trails. In the summer it turns touristy since it's the main community attached to the ocean side towns of Bristol, Bremen, New Harbor, etc, which have a summer community. Friendship, the next ocean town, is very small, and a fishing community. Watch your back! But I did find in my 6 week stint there last year that it was friendlier then I always believed, especially the summer folk. Waldoboro, Warren, Nobleboro, Jefferson has some friendly folk, but also a lot of hardy interesting native stock, people who've lived here forever, and never left. They pretty much think the world begins and ends here. These towns are definitely small town in every sense of the word.
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02-07-2008, 08:24 PM
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Real Estate Agent
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i believe its up to us, to either to tap in to or create our own " feel" in a community.
if you live by the golden rule, i believe you can fit into most all maine communities, be nice to folks, then they will be nice to you,,,
sometimes mainers get a bad rap, being cold to "outsiders",,often you only hear one side of the story,
as ive said before, ive seen folks from away buy summer homes, with acres of land, and the first thing they do is put up no tresspassing/no hunting signs all over it, and it could be land folks have been enjoying for years and years and respect it....
overall, i believe most mainers are friendly,,
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02-07-2008, 08:54 PM
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"Embrace the suck!"
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oTake a look in a mirror, and that is what Mainers see. The see you as you really are, not as you think you are. If you have a cloud over your head, the Mainers will seek shelter from your rain. If you have a beautiful smile, they will smile back at you. Maine is a place, and a state of mind. Rugged, beautiful, friendly, and lasting, that describes the place and the people. I once read a book by a Mainer that said of Mainers, "we eat what is placed before us."
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02-07-2008, 10:30 PM
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Originally Posted by maine4.us
oTake a look in a mirror, and that is what Mainers see. The see you as you really are, not as you think you are. If you have a cloud over your head, the Mainers will seek shelter from your rain. If you have a beautiful smile, they will smile back at you. Maine is a place, and a state of mind. Rugged, beautiful, friendly, and lasting, that describes the place and the people. I once read a book by a Mainer that said of Mainers, "we eat what is placed before us."
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02-08-2008, 12:00 AM
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Botda Farm :D
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reps for that maine4.us |
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02-08-2008, 07:11 AM
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Location: Coastal Maine
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Originally Posted by emu742
msina...where is 'here'?
Where is the blue hill area? Midcoast? Belfast/Rockport/Rockland/Camden?
How does Easport compare to midcoast such as Rockport, compare to Portland, compare to Saco for example? What are the differences besides the populations... |
I have a home in Rockport and one near Eastport...The towns are completely different. In Rockport you are within 5 minutes of several grocery stores, shopping, a big hospital, and several job opportunities. The school system is terrific. There is a new (within a few years) YMCA, restaurants, museum, libraries,etc. However, because of all of this, there is more traffic than I would like. I can't comment on the schools in Eastport...as I have no idea about them. Many of the storefronts in Eastport are empty or for sale. It's a very pretty little town with a lot of potential. There is a small grocery store on the outskirts of the town...bigger stores for shopping are in Calais..25 miles away. Both places are nice...just different..though the weather is similar.
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02-08-2008, 08:22 AM
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Originally Posted by AustinB
The Blue Hill area is gentrified hippys and quite progressive,ie liberal.
Beautiful coastal area that has been bypassed by the acadia park/Bar Harbor crowd. A number of small towns with one of the last true commecial fishing villages, Stonington.
The population more than doubles in the summer around here.
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That is for sure. I go home to visit and don't know anyone there anymore. My family there says the same thing...Who are all these new people?? |
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02-08-2008, 11:08 AM
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"Standing On the Side of Love"
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I just saw a really nice home in Cumberland Center....any insight/opinions about that town. (I think the time for my move is getting closer and closer.) I am really all set about Portland and vacinity; its where I want to be, just don't know the town of Cumberland or Cumberland Center. How about Rt. 9; how busy a road is that?
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02-08-2008, 12:55 PM
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Location: home is in the heart
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Originally Posted by Mainer61
I have a home in Rockport and one near Eastport...The towns are completely different. In Rockport you are within 5 minutes of several grocery stores, shopping, a big hospital, and several job opportunities. The school system is terrific. There is a new (within a few years) YMCA, restaurants, museum, libraries,etc. However, because of all of this, there is more traffic than I would like. I can't comment on the schools in Eastport...as I have no idea about them. Many of the storefronts in Eastport are empty or for sale. It's a very pretty little town with a lot of potential. There is a small grocery store on the outskirts of the town...bigger stores for shopping are in Calais..25 miles away. Both places are nice...just different..though the weather is similar.
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Thanks! This is exactly the kind of info I am looking for ...every state I have lived in the cities have varied vastly in culture and traffic, schools, religion, etc, even when they are only 20 miles apart. Hard to get that kinda info from a map 
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02-08-2008, 02:49 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Atlanta
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Originally Posted by maine4.us
oTake a look in a mirror, and that is what Mainers see. The see you as you really are, not as you think you are. If you have a cloud over your head, the Mainers will seek shelter from your rain. If you have a beautiful smile, they will smile back at you. Maine is a place, and a state of mind. Rugged, beautiful, friendly, and lasting, that describes the place and the people. I once read a book by a Mainer that said of Mainers, "we eat what is placed before us."
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Remarkable! Very well said.. |
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