I need info aboute Lincoln, Prentiss Township (Belgrade, Sherman: homes, living)

[zika]

I am from Europe, Serbia, Belgrade. I have the offer to by the land in Lincoln, Prentiss Township. I think aboute investmen in some tourist area ( for city people). If somebody have idea for bussines, please the answer. How far to go to Boston? Thanks. Zika.

[OcalaTom]

I used to Live in Sherman Station Maine... the closest town with anything in it was Millenocket , which was not too far from Lincoln... I've been to Lincoln a couple times, that was several years ago.. not a very big town... Nothing against Lincoln or it's people but Lincoln was a Paper Mill town and it always smelled really bad... You pretty much had to drive through it with your car windows up because of the Smell... I guess if you lived there you would get used to the smell but all the people I knew in Maine who didnt live in Lincoln always refered to it as Stinkin Lincoln. But that was several years ago I'm not sure if the Plants that produced the smell are even there anymore.

[TipTopRoger]

I drive though Prentiss Township and Lincoln about twice a week. It's very rural. If you look on the map, you'll see Prentiss Township is mostly forest. Not much tourism up here, except perhaps for some fishing and hunting.

Lincoln is a small wood mill town with about 3,000 people. It's about a 25 minute drive from Prentiss to Lincoln. Prentiss is pure and pristine. Lincoln is smelly from the wood mill (at least parts of it).

There's a tiny ski hill in Lee, between Prentiss and Lincoln, but the hill is the size of a mosquito bite. The main industry up here is forestry, with perhaps some fishing and hunting. Occasionally, people will open craft shops in place like Lee or Lincoln or other small towns in Maine.

The reason the land is so cheap up here is everybody left Maine after 1950. Old farms turned back in to forests. People moved out. Now, with conveniences like the Internet, satellite TV and satellite radio/cell phones, this area is becoming more accessible. Many people from other parts of the US sell their homes for a lot of money and then move up here to retire, or live on their disability check, and some of them come up here, willing to try to make a living (which is very hard, because all of northern Maine is an economically poor place).

In Prentiss, you will see plenty of moose, some deer, a lot of wildlife, BUT NOT MANY TOURISTS.

Have a great day. TipTopRoger

[rdsibley]

right you are roger. prentiss would be a good spot for a hunting/fishing/outdoor guide camp. maybe high-end summer cottages or what have you but that seems a stretch since it is a long drive from bangors airport. you figure an hour and a half or so to bangor from prentiss. then from bangor to boston - what's that drive? 3 hours?

i grew up in carroll - which borders prentiss. a square on the map. plenty of woods.