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I've noticed Maine has a lot of very, very small, rural towns. One example I've found is Swanville. On Google Maps, looking at this town, I can only see houses far away from each other, long roads, a lot of green land and woods, a lot of it looking untended (nature taking over, a lot of high grass etc.).
Would it be fair to call such a town a totally rural town? I haven't found a downtown area because I believe there isn't one.
What do people do for a living over there, what are the jobs oportunities. Actually, what does a town like that have for recreation? If someone needs something that the town doesn't have, do they have to drive all the way to a different place?
It's only 10-15 minutes from Belfast, which is not far at all. And 40 minutes from Bangor, which in Maine is also not considered far. Presumably, people who live in Swanville travel to those places to work/shop/etc.
Swanville is small, and there isn't really a "downtown" with residential streets/sidewalks, etc to speak of, but it has a grocery store, gas station, plus a few other businesses, church, elementary school, etc. This size of town is actually pretty common, and sure, I'd call it a rural town.
As yaeger07 says, Belfast is nearby, and it is one of the bigger cities in the midcoast area and has most anything you really need for shopping and restaurants, and they also have a nice waterfront with a rail trail, a couple of farmers' markets, a community hospital... if you need more, there is always Bangor.
People might choose Swanville over Belfast because it's less expensive, they can get more land, prefer it quieter, etc.
Last edited by OutdoorLover; 07-20-2022 at 12:09 PM..
Yes. There are many tiny towns like that here. I live in one such town called Mariaville. We only have about 500 residents year round. But we are 15 minutes from Ellsworth and about 45 from Bangor. Many people here commute to Ellsworth or Bangor for work. We do most of our shopping in Ellsworth.
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