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This is a great video, I retired and moved to DownEast 6 years ago. esp., the topography, granted just beautiful and I live right on the ocean. However, the health care system and care, even for generally routine treatment, is truly worse than awful and near negligent. On the internet, video's regarding health care, especially ambulance availability are truly frightening in that the video's from Medical personnel working in the system sadistically state that waiting for for 20 minutes or longer is known as "acceptable" when moving here. It's also "known" that if you need any type of surgery even though routine but serious, you need to go to Portland or Boston. So, although the topography is breathtaking, as you age even though you are in good health now, if there's any complications, even since I'm only 10 miles from the hospital, my health, IMHO, is at grave risk and I'm in pretty good physical condition. Also, of course, think you can rely or trust contractors, realtors, home inspectors, even lawyers- better think twice especially since realtor's can represent both the seller and buyer of a property at the same time- its called Dual Agency & collude with home inspectors to hide information from buyers who are called "PFA" people from away. You have to be very careful moving here!!!!
Happens everywhere. I’ve lived in Jackson Hole for the last dozen plus years. It’s now Aspen to the tenth power. We aptly call it Jaspen. I’m moving back to New England.
JUST SPENT THE LAST WEEK IN MAINE!!! I loved the place, but I'm not telling anyone. Ok, going up 26 off of 95 and heading toward like Norway, Oxford, Poland and right up to US 2 .....is that all expensive? I would mind being a poor ass through there, that is gorgeous country!!! Shhhhh
Well from my perspective trending political views are at fault. If Maine doesn't wake up and stop with the woke attitude she will be lost. This isn't because of any influx it's the weak minds that listen to the Media and pop culture, thinking they want to be like California yet not having even a quart of the money it does. Just doesn't work, and we will all see that clear enough if things keep going that way.
Thirty years ago my parents and I were travelling through Maine when Dad suffered a ruptured aortic aneurysm which nearly killed him. He spent two weeks in the Eastern Maine Medical Centre in Bangor, being treated by some of the nicest and best health professionals my family has ever had the pleasure to meet. We also befriended several local people with family members in the hospital at the same time and were invited to their homes for meals several times. The people were extremely kind and generous. We are from Newfoundland, Canada, a place also renowned for its friendly, welcoming people. It was so reassuring and comforting to know we were among friends when my dad was lying in intensive care and we did not know if he was going to survive. I want to pass along my heartfelt thanks to the wonderful people of the beautiful state of Maine. God Bless you all.
@lockandloadlikehell I've been in Maine all my life and would help anyone out. I actually was on my way home the other night from work and found a guys wallet on the side of the road. I spent 20 to 30 mins picking up his cards. I made it my mission to track this guy down. The guy was from a different country that moved here. Well in his wallet was a insurance card to his work. Called his work the next day and his h.r lady came and picked it up. I don't know if you traveled here and had a bad run in with someone. But I think most Mainers would help. Southern Maine not so much but central Maine and upwards most definitely.
The farther north in Maine the larger the black flies. Some call them woodcock. And if you don't know that bird, you'll have a lot of catching up to do even to visit us here in Maine.
I was "forced" to live in Maine from '76 through '80. The USAF insisted on it. I was stationed at Loring AFB in northern Maine near towns like Caribou, Limestone and Presque Isle. As native southern Californians, my wife and I were not happy with moving to Maine. Eventually, we adapted to the extreme weather. The first winter there we saw 188 inches of snow. Ambient temps down to -29 degrees F (not counting chill factor). We actually started liking life in northern Maine. When we decided to not re-enlist, we talked about staying in Maine as civilians. We decided against it due to the lack of tech jobs in northern Maine. So, we bought a new car and drove back to southern California. We have great memories of the 4 years we lived in Maine. Great experiences and great people.
Holy crap!! 188 inches of snow? That would be a hard no for me. And I like a little winter.... but here in central Missouri, our yearly average is 16 inches. I can handle THAT.
You make an excellent point regarding becoming depressed in the winter. For me, it was the few hours of daylight versus other parts of the country. I always enjoyed winter, but as I grew older, the many hours of darkness took their toll. I later moved to an area in the southwest and the depression disappeared.
That's because you apparently didn't learn any of the multitude of winter activities that were available. It is remarkable the difference that can make.
Lived my first30 years in the Bangor area. Yours is one of the first videos I've seen that's honest about stuff like cost of living/job challenges. Part of why I left was that I couldn't get a full time job. I was working 4 jobs & couldn't afford to eat. Moved to one of the most expensive counties in the country yet have managed to do MUCH better. I always tell people Maine is great if you already have money.
@@ChristopherFodor, that's your right. But I did. Toys R Us holiday overnight stock crew. Suncoast, KB Toys, and B. Dalton for regular afternoon/evening shifts. Sometimes, between the four jobs, I still wasn't getting more than 25 or 30 hours. And all at minimum wage (I think Toys had a $1. per hour bonus for part of my "overnight" shift.
@@ChristopherFodorummm, you could work 10 jobs for a total of 40 hours, if they each only allocated 4 hours per. He never said each one was full time. Dude must’ve had one helluva time dealing with his W-2s…
I lived in Maine for a few years back in the 1980s. I picked up a few weather jokes: "We have two seasons in Maine: Winter and the Fourth of July." Another: "This year, summer will be on Tuesday."
Why would anyone stay away based on what 1 dude in a RU-vid video said. Common sense would be that if you visit you can decide for yourself whether you want to move there or not.
Extremely honest job here and a wise bit of advice. My sister and her husband teach at U of Maine and I am considering retiring there. Being on the coast I think you covered the important parts, but in my research I think there are 3 other items to know about Maine. 1- Maine is a large land mass and various areas in Maine are far different than each other. This post is perfect for the coast as the issues are addressed. But in other parts of the state you have completely different environments as you go further North, East or West. 2- 5 seasons in Maine depending on where you are: the 4 everybody else had plus what is often called mud season and/or bug season. When the snow thaws it gets pretty muddy and in some spots really muddy. If you are near running water there is a period where black flies are challenging and if you are near still water it will be mosquitos. It really is only a few weeks of it being bad, but you need to know what you are getting into. 3) The last thing that is key to know is that folks help each other in Maine because they know there will be a day when the shoe is on the other foot. That said it sometimes takes a minute or two for a Mainer to warm up to you, but when you make a friend there it is a friend for life.
I moved to maine about 15 years ago, and could never imagine living anywhere else. But those long dark days in the winter are just killer. I feel like it hits everyone on some level, unless you get really excited about skiing.
I have lived in Maine for most of my life and I for one will take the cold over the bugs any day of the week. I also greatly appreciate knowing that when I go into a lake or river there will be no alligators or venomous snakes in them. I'll never know why people move to Florida to become prisoners of their air conditioners. As far as long winter nights go we do need to remember that Washington, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota and Minnesota all have borders north of Maine so the lack of light would be even worse there. Not to mention that we are about on the same Latitude as Spain So most of France and Great Britain get even less light than we do, but I don't hear them complaining about it.
Good points. Wife and I live in the hilly region of South Carolina and love it here: rural living and nothing too extreme: This summer has been brutal after so many nicer summers but even this lasting about 8-10 weeks and the highest was around 99 a day or two. We had been to Maine only once, late June 2016 where we stayed a couple of days in Eastport. We have so many great memories from just those few days. And we want to go back there!! But I don't think we are up to the cold and snow up there to live in ME permanently, just too much for us. But I envy relative scarcity of bugs and snakes in ME. As for FL: what a nasty climate! Once on a cruise, a native south FL guy told me he was disgusted with the 'warm, wet blanket' almost all year. Yuck!!
Sooo you live in a colder longer winter? We here in Florida are slaves to AC while your slaves to Heater and oil burners locked up dealing with cabin fever 🤔🙄
@@imbatman3620 I see your point! As you can see from my comment, Maine is not for me and neither is FL! South Carolina is too warm 8-10 weeks and too cold 8-10 weeks but rest of the year is amazing. Oh, y'll: Please don't move up/down here! We are getting over-crowded with yankees as it is! (CA and NYC people should especially stay away!!).
@@imbatman3620 Winters here are not nearly as bad as they used to be. When I was a kid temperatures in the negatives were relatively common. That has become very rare. You can also put more clothes on to mitigate the cold. When you are down to your skin and still hot there is nothing more to take off. But different strokes as they say. Florida would be Hell for me and Heaven for others. I do enjoy those months where I can go outside and don't have to worry that something is trying to feed on me though. The lack of giant snails is also a plus.
@@meengla Can you please also tell people California is all full up and to stop coming here. We're way overcrowded with people from the south, midwest and east. 39 million people. Traffic is a nightmare. 😉
If you look at the fisheries management compared to California, Maine is a disaster. No wild salmon, otters, ocean water opaque with alluvium. No exclusion zones for species to breed and grow to size in safety.
Moved to Maine in 2002 (yes, I'm from "Away!) from the L.A. area (no, NOT Lewiston-Auburn!), and never looked back. I recently left the Portland area and found a modest home on some land in central Maine. Despite (or in spite) of some of the challenges of living here, it truly is The Way Life Should Be.
It used to be "The Way Life Should Be" as it says on the sign entering the state... Too many people are trying to push the lifestyle of the rest of the country on our fine little state of less than 2 million total
Maine looks like a grand place for a Summer, possibly early Autumn vacation. You Mainers are a strong hearty bunch of folks and are rightly proud of your heritage. The harsh realities of Winter and the mud season require generations of toughness that only the inhabitants have. The taxes tend to keep me only as a visitor to your wondrous state. Thank you for your honest presentation.
Love your comment!! LOL We are a hearty bunch for sure, but if one is a native who grew up before the 2000s it was just a part of growing up. I do love my state, and am pretty sure I can handle about anything life throws at me, and still thrive.
You tell the truth. Thank you. I am a Mainer. Born in Aroostook County and moved to Hancock County. I have lived in several states and always came back to Maine. It is hard: you pay more for everything, you travel a lot just to meet your needs. And you don't get outside without fighting off blackflies, mosquitoes and now an army of ticks(that are able to withstand our winters). And now we are watching our state change. People 'from away' have brought their lifestyles with them. They hate it when an old timer talks about Maine...we get that smile on our face and the glint in our eyes(could be the woodsmoke). Oh well, if you don't move here....thank you. If you do...welcome.
*Wave* from another person in Hancock County. :) I live 'over by the big rock'. If you're from around these parts, there's a good chance you know where I mean! :)
Well to be fair, states dont change just because outsiders moved in, its a complex system of big corporations taking over a lot of things. This is happening everywhere and has been since around the 2010's. This has caused huge rises in cost for just about everything, I am a total capitalist, but we cannot ignore some of these changes are due to big corps crapping on everyone's backyard.
I grew up in Maine (Auburn) and my parents still live there. I now live in So Cal. I visit my parents every August for a couple of weeks, but after two or three weeks, I am ready to return to where I live now.
Funny, I lived in Los Angeles - worked in Santa Monica. Really didn’t care for the fake, phony, high maintenance people who thrive on getting a quick glimpse of a celebrity at a coffee bar. I now live in New Hampshire and my soul is at peace. So funny- different strokes for different folks. Good luck to you and don’t forget your sunscreen! ☀️ 😊
@@Travelgirl0224 For me, its the weather. I'm a misanthropic loner, so I really don't like interacting with other human beings, and I loathe celebrities. Back in high school I was an avid cross-country skier, so I used to love the cold and the snow. Then I was in a really bad bicycling accident the summer between my junior and senior year in high school wherein I wrecked my right arm, and I have very limited use of that arm to this day. Thus, I haven't skied since. Also, I lived in Austin, TX from1998-2002 and then moved back to the northeast to Toronto from 2002-2005 and 2006-2007, and I decided that, if I wasn't going to ski, I just don't want to deal with the brutality of the northeastern winters anymore.
I'm a Dmv native but i've been in Maine off and on for the last 20 years. It sucks that people who have been here their whole lives are being priced out. This state can do better when it comes to elderly and veteran care.
This, except it’s all my young friends who now can’t afford to live here because the cost of real estate has exploded and local incomes haven’t kept up.
South coastal Maine is different from central and North... My mothers family is from the beautiful lake country of central Maine... first frost by mid september... Winter starts promptly by October 15th :)... winter ends when mud season begins,April/may followed by bug season which lasts till mid July... People "from away" have stumbled back out of the woods mere skellitons during bug season! :) Fall colors in central Maine are usually the last week of September or first week of october meaning a hard chill has set in nights before then! Mid Summer dont walk across the paved country roads with the hot asphault bubbling up between your toes! YOU RUN really fast! Wonderful memories visiting there.
🤣🤣🤣 This is just funny. Thanks. I am more concerned to find a year around road that will be treated during Winter and How to kill those Black fly. I have been to Main twice once during summer and another during Spring were we got cut in snow storm. Yeah learned a lot . Rent a truck with a plow, problem solve.🤣
@@carmencolon3520 Extreemly important Get the underside of your vechicle coated to help avoid the salt on the roads rusting out your car every three or four years! You need to coat your fly screens with something to keep the black flies out of your house! We used kerosene. If you go outside for a campfire, keep hurricane lanterns with citronella oil to keep the bugs away! put one on each end of your picnic table! Maine is just plain awesome! You just MUST climb Mt Katahdin in Baxter state park. However its several miles in from the parking lot! Do it the EASY way!
Yep. I bought a house in Northern Maine for summer. I miss the diversity of Texas foods and how easy it is to find someone to do work on my house. Here "mexican food" is a food truck an hour's drive away. And there's a shortage of labor because everyone goes south for work (PA, NY, etc). There's no AC when temps get to 80 degrees, either. Very different from TX.
My grandfather had what was basically a homestead 50 miles north of Bangor. He lived there many years, some with just an outhouse and no running water. He was an outdoorsman. He hunted, fished and gardened. Good thing because he was about 25 mins to the nearest grocery store.
I was a life long MA resident who moved to Central Maine before moving to Central Texas 18 years ago. My take…. The young man hooking up my cable when I moved to Maine says to me “Why did you move here? Winters are bad then it turns to mud and when it finally warms up the bugs are horrible” some truth to what he said, the black flies especially can be nasty. But don’t think other places don’t have their bug challenges. Try getting into chiggers here in Texas or kneeling on a fire ants nest. Not good trust me. We are retired now and talk about moving back to Maine. Texas summers are hot as hell and the winters though mild are not Florida warm. Those beautiful views and all that water both salt and fresh up there are alluring.
You’ll regret it. Not what it once was in many ways. Retirement in New Hampshire will give you better tax benefits. We are looking to leave Maine (4th generation) for NH. Good luck
I'm living in Cedar Park, and Maine is one of my target states to move to soon. Other than the winters and maybe a somewhat less robust economy, I'm not seeing many downsides compared to Austin, which has become a LOT worse place to live since I moved here 20 years ago.
Born and raised in Maine. Couldn't wait to get out. Moved to California and lived happily there for over 30 years. After losing my wife to cancer I moved back to Central Maine near Moosehead. I remembered why I left so many years before. Stuck it out for 5 long years before leaving for sunny Florida! I noticed this video is mostly about southern Maine. From Augusta south is commonly known now as northern Massachusetts!
Florida is Summer all year round lol I live in SFL the lowest it gets in the Winter is like 60 degrees I think we had it at 32° but that's like North Florida Central Florida Maybe South Florida never. You have to also stay clear of some areas Local Government they are horrible. They say that's everywhere I hope they all drop dead fuck them.
What is it like in cenral Maine? The reason I ask is because this state is one of the few I would ever move to If I were to leave California. I am from southern California (born and raised), and I've been wanting to go to Maine for a while, and it was in my top two states to visit in the east coast. I was in New Hampshire for 9 days this past July doing some outreach work, and I got to go to York Beach for a few hours along with Boston for two days since there was leisure time and my flight from Manchester was in the evening. I thought it was a really cool place because it felt calm compared to where I live in California; I enjoyed going to the Nubble lighthouse, eating at The Goldenrod where I tried blueberry ice cream and a lobster sandwich. Based off of what I saw and experienced, I liked how things were. Side note; New Hampshire was my first state in the east coast, and I enjoyed my time there.
I lived in Maine for 43 years, I Retired from the MDOT, we moved from Maine because the cost of living was more than what we made working full time jobs. now it's even worse than it was in 2008 when i retired, I love Maine, I Love almost everything about Maine. the jobs just don't pay you what it cost to live there, unfortunately!
I live in Massachusetts. I'm used to the bad weather and high cost of living. My husband and I love Maine. For the past 22 years, we've been visiting every year. We find that many towns in Main are laid back, slow pace. We've lived in Boston, Brighton, and Springfield, Massachusetts. Live here is hectic. Winters are bad. New England, after all. We would rather like the quiet and monotony. We like that in Maine, there are many opportunities for low-cost real state; especially towards the northern towns, with acreage. We've been looking. Anyway, no matter where one goes, there are always pros and cons. Thank you for being honest.
I live in Connecticut and I enjoy visiting family in Maine during the summer. But the six hour drive is killer. But once you get close to Maine you end up with almost no traffic so that does make the drive a bit better.
My father in the early 60's to 1970's worked as the center director for the park service on Mount desert island...I grew up in Bar Harbor. Best experience of my life! Loved the 4 seasons in Maine but my mom from fla. Hated the cold. We loved to camp and my dad would spend 3 weeks of his government. Vacation in August with the family camping g out. I remember in August of 1968 we went to tunk lake it was a beautiful warm sunny day when we pitched the tent and put the old town canoe in the water....we went swimming off the sand beach. Next morning when we got up there was 6 inches of snow on the ground. I have 8mm film of it to this day. He is right about the weather....4 distinct seasons there.....but.....worth it!!!!
Maine is a beautiful state, have visited many times! Should note that like other states in the eastern part of the country (including my home state of CT), Maine has its fair share of down & out old factory towns. We had a nice stay in Bar Harbor & Bangor and decided to stay over in the Lewistown/Auburn area on our way home. Our hotel overlooked the Great Falls on the Androscoggin River. Very scenic, but the downtown area was pretty rough.
Maine was the first place I lived on my own after leaving college in Idaho. I was only there 1½ years, in the Portland area, but found everywhere I explored absolutely gorgeous. Now, some 40+ years later and having lived in many different states and also in Europe, I keep thinking about returning. It's just that I'm all the way over on the other coast on the Oregon border now and the thought of actually MOVING again is just so darn daunting! (P.S. I love - and miss terribly - actual winter weather!)
@nameunknown5736 Having grown up in Portland, I don't even recognize it anymore! I still miss it every day, however. I remember when North Deering (Washington Ave ext) area was the 'suburbs' and Munjoy Hill was the 'scary' part of town. Now you can't find an apartment under 5k a month for a studio!
@@meghanodonoghue9066 I agree. The prices for living in Portland is absolutely ridiculous. There's much safer and cheaper areas in Maine! I avoid portland and Lewiston lol
I live in the Buffalo, NY area, and of course, our winters can be long and extreme, so people complain...loudly and often! About 20 yrs ago, I finally made peace with winter, and I love it! The trick is to find things you like to do outside, that you can't do any other time of the yr., instead of complaining about something you can't change, unless you relocate. Made life a whole lot more enjoyable!
Sounds great to me. I absolutely love winters. And the cost of living in Massachusetts is out of control. I’m definitely moving to either Maine or New Hampshire within the next year or so. I need out of this place. I lived in NH for 13 years and honestly wish I never moved back but due to family responsibilities I made the choice I thought was right at the time. But ever since I’ve been back in Mass I’ve been thinking of getting back out. My house here should sell for a good amount of money depending on the market but I guess I’ll just see how it pans out. Great video, thanks for taking the time.
I grew up in MA, moved to NH. Bought a house in Manchester, it more than doubled in value over 12 years... sold it last year pocketing 200k. There was nothing decent under 200k in NH, so I searched ME. I did end up buying a beautiful home on a dead-end street, with a lake in my backyard! Nice quiet setting, in a decent-sized town. But, be warned... the taxes are a killer up here! Remember, New Hampshire has no state tax, no sales tax, no excise tax. Here in Maine, even though my property tax is a fraction of what it was in New Hampshire, all of the other taxes combined add up big-time. The excise tax on my car alone is over $500 per year! And you don't realize how convenient stores putting your stuff in bags is, until you come up here and the Walmart cashier looks at you like you're an idiot when you have to carry all your stuff out without your own bags. I'll probably stay, since the crime in big cities and the big city traffic doesn't exist up here, 45 minutes north of Bangor. I would definitely recommend New Hampshire over Maine.
@@adog3336 For those who can afford it and value low crime and high quality of life above all else, it's a good thing. This may sound bad, but... high cost of living is quite effective at keeping trashy people out. It's just the simple truth and we all know it.
Love this. We don't need folks from other parts of the country trying to make it "just like home" when they move here. When a good part of the South and West becomes nearly unlivable due to climate change, a bit of "cold" in Maine will be a blessing. Even here I've noticed a big change in the severity of winter over the past fifty years I've been here. From a constant cover of 2 to 3 feet of snow to little to none along the coast.
When I was a kid winters with temperatures well into the negatives were not uncommon here (one winter it was so cold that the ocean froze over where I lived on the coast). That doesn't happen any more. The winters have become quite mild temperature-wise. Snow is a crapshoot of course. Some years a lot and some hardly any.
I experienced Maine as a kid at a summer camp near Weld. Beautiful woods and meadows. By August, when we were leaving camp, I was surprised how cold it was getting in the morning already.
I was born and raised in Bar Harbor. Met my future hubby from Florida and moved to West Palm Beach. Nope, wish I had stayed in Maine. Cold yes, but the people are friendlier and more helpful. And voted the safest state in America 🇺🇸
Lived there one year. Property taxes differ greatly depending on county. Aroostok is one of the cheapest. Southern and Central Coastal properties are sky-high. I will move back to Maine, but, next time with more knowledge. A great place to be if SHTF.
If the shtf, and you are in maine, you better own, know how to sharpen and maintain and use an old fashion cross cut saw. Takes a lot of time and muscle to fell, haul, buck, split and stack 4 or 5 or more cords of firewood by hand.
The best place in the US to be in the event SHTF is Wyoming. Lack of population density and it’s pretty much in the clear in the event of a large scale nuclear event and fallout. Plus it’s cheap AF right now. Check out fallout maps and you’ll see what I mean.
The stats aren't accurate. The police aren't exactly boy scouts and the court system isn't clean. So, because Maine has been traditionally republican crime rate stats aren't really a moral compass. I rented downeast and people broke into my house regularly while I was on disability waiting for heart surgery and the sheriff lived several houses down. After that experience, I would recommend not to rent from craigslist and not to rent period in Maine. The landlords suck. Tenant lawyers don't answer the phone either. If your retired and wealthy then great its a paradise.
Nah, it sucks. See, our non-diverse population is chronically failing. We're the 9th most DC dollar dependent state in America because - for decades - instead of building modern industry and investing in education... We appeased low-skill lumberjacks by trying to keep dead heritage industries alive. Kind of like coal country only not quite as... trashy. So yeah... if you wanna be a socialism-dependent chronic failure living in a place with massive brain drain because it has no options for anyone with a modern industry skillset... watching our youth leave the state every year because we have literally no opportunities for people who shower on a regular basis... Come right on up. Fortunately our blue-voting cities DO generate enough revenues to pump SOME out to our broke loser rural areas so at least you can mooch off of some non-diverse people probably superior to YOUR current revenue generation, I doubt you'll be helping us pull ahead much.
@@TheRm65 meh, in my case the person I sued was a landlord whom is known by the towns folk and claimed to be a ‘private investigator’. Dunno if that was true or not. The Belfast court system is busy but to misplace paperwork when it suggests a person affiliated with law enforcement is suspect is like saying my dog ate my homework to your math teacher. It’s questionable if this is the culture of having a double standard or lack of money. In my case giving the court more money would probably result in the same misplaced documents. Seeing it appears it somehow was human error by well paid court employees.
I was born in Brunswick & grew up in Freeport. I moved out of state after college but still have many relatives there I visit. I currently live next door in New Hampshire & have no plans of ever moving back. I enjoyed the years I lived in Maine & traveling up & down the seacoast.
As a Canadian looking to escape a totalitarian dictatorship. Maine would be closest to rural Canadian lifestyle. Slow paced, low crime, friendly people. The cost of living in Maine is still half what it is in Canada. Mind you the lack of jobs unless you work in medical is disheartening. I would be a lumberjack or work a fishing boat. Not afraid to get hands dirty but not sure those pay well in the US
Avoid Michigan. They just passed a law requiring you to use requested pronouns. If you slip up, all someone has to do is claim they felt frightened and scared. Fine up to 10k and prison. They made it a FELONY!
I live in Connecticut. I purchased a house in Grand Isle at the top of Maine with Canada across the street. So I will feel like I am living in Canada but still in the US.
I agree! My family has been here since the early 1700s. Although we welcome long cold winters, with skiing ,hiking, ice climbing etc. And we really love solitude. I love getting up every morning in my island home and seeing NOBODY!
I visited Maine as a tourist from Texas a couple of times and really enjoyed the time. I live near San Antonio Texas, and I hate the summers. Today, August 29, the high was 99*F, the first day in about 2 months that it didn't pass 100*F. I've never been through a Maine winter, but I'm to the point in life that I might give it a shot. I snow ski at least once a year so maybe living in Maine might work for me.
Amen. Lived in TX my whole life and it is absolutely getting hotter here every year. Several weeks straight with 100F+ nighttime temperatures. Think about that northeners. You've eaten dinner, it's been dark a few hours and you want to walk the property before turning in. You open the door, and BAM, a 100F+ wind hits you in the face. Daytime outdoor activities in the summer will slowly become a thing of the past in the South, especially for children. Already have schools closing due to the heat. I'm not a fan of the cold at all but it's becoming unbearable down here. Maine seems attractive with all its unincorporated land.
As a fellow real estate professional in TX I appreciate this video a lot. So many times I have to try to wake people up to the reality of moving to rural Texas from LA, or wherever they come from.
I appreciate it when people like you two MAKE real videos that tell people the truth about a place and not sugar coat it! Some of us are told to come move to places and if you get stuck and are miserable, that is a level of hell I do not wish on anyone! A friend has been trying to get me to move to Rhode Island and another to Boston - I am not sure if I want to keep driving in ice and snow anymore!
@@vanessahenry7238 -The lftiztz (their W/Joke policies, and the ilglz& welfare recipients they love) have destroyed those states. (unless you are one, then you'll love it. VirtueSignalling opps at every turn, pandering opportunities, child mutilations, holier-than-thou attitudes, and abtionz.)
Depends on what part of rural Texas. I live in the Hill Country west of Austin, but that is DRASTICALLY different than living in rural West Texas, or the panhandle, or near any of the Texas borders.
i never understood why people think dark snowy days is bad for mental health. Have you guys ever actually looked outside on a dark winter night? if the moon is out at all, the light reflected from the snow gives off quite a bit of light... and its amazingly beautiful..
Keep🌲Maine🌲clean and beautiful. nine months of cold, and the bugs can be bad. and people when it’s cold, there’s not a whole Lotta sun,so you do get depressed. Depression is a high here in Maine. Sad but true that’s the way it is in colder climates.
Be prepared to order most of your goods online and have them go to a Post Office. There are not many choices in stores to shop in rural areas. It can become frustrating. Raised in Maine, couldn't wait to move as a teenager. After moving out of state I brought my family back to Maine, because it's the way life should be.
The main complaint coming from every single state is: The cost of living is too high. Rent is too high. Housing is too high. Where exactly are low income people supposed to exist in this country? These real estate landlords are put of control. Somebody had to put a stop to the put of control rent and housing costs.
Controlling rent and housing prices involves outright telling people what they are allowed to do with their property and private businesses. That isn’t even socialist which I support but bordering on communism which is suicidal for a nations state as we have seen with nearly every major communist nation other then Vietnam.
Being from New Hampshire in the 80's, my experience and many others is, if you're not from Maine, you'll have a hard time making friends with anybody. You're an outsider. Hell, if your family moved to Maine when you were six you're _still_ an outsider even well into adulthood!
Truth. I'm from there and always tell people moving there will never be the same as being from there. It's a mindset. People from away see it but will never know or understand it and without it they'll never really belong. Not until enough changes to make it like living anywhere else, lol.
As a native New Yorker, I enjoy Maine because of those reasons. Unless you’re from the south we deal with the same weather only New Yorkers use F bombs to complain about it while sitting in traffic…..
Mt. Wash. Valley N.H. here and we get tons of tourist / away folks that bring all their " adults behaving badly issues " w/ them.. Road rage , domestic fights , unsafe driving are the most heard on the scanner..I'TS a vacation area , slow , easy , patience , appreciate it..
I was born in Maine. Everything he says is true. I hate cities and I hate busyness and crowds, so I stay here. But winter is a big problem. I hate winter. It’s super long, super cold and super dark and depressing. We live in a small town and we are fixing up our old house. A trip to Home Depot is a major trip for us. If we forget something we need or run into something unexpected in the house it’s so time consuming to go to Home Depot. It takes about 40 minutes to get to the store and sometimes we have to do it more than once. So, we spent more time shopping than we do fixing the house. We’ve been at it for 11 years now. Maine definitely is not for everyone. My Dad, my brother, my son and one of my sisters moved out because they couldn’t stand it anymore.
He's full of it in a lot of ways, Portland has so many jobs it's crazy, I've been working 3 jobs just because I know the owners, even dishwashers are getting over $20 an hour
@@GabrielGarcia-300 I can understand what you are saying if you’re talking about Portland. I don’t doubt it. I live in the midcoast and there are no good jobs. The midcoast is way different from Portland. The housing prices are extremely high in the Midcoast and income levels don’t support it. My brother moved out of Maine to find a good job. He has an education and all the good paying jobs were out of state and he hates the extreme winters here, so he left. Several other family members have moved too.
@@GabrielGarcia-300it’s still not worth it, the apartment costs are literally the same as right outside Boston but they have nowhere close enough high paying jobs in maine. I make 2x more than anyone would offer an engineer in Portland and also pay less in rent while only being 10-15 minutes outside of Boston.
@@michelejones5538 lol high prices and "extreme winters" I'm not laughing at you, I spent most of my adult life in Alaska, minimum wage was $8 an hour and avg pay, and cost of living was worse than here. Not to mention we had extreme winters, in Valdez it's 450" of snow in town annually, and Fairbanks or interior is avg -40 to -60 without wind chill, and dark most of the day. Main is a cakewalk compared to there
I love it here. 24 years built house on Sebago. Job market pitiful. Winter the best skiing snowmobiling. Omg LOVE IT. nothing like cheap wood stove heat.
I was all for inclusiveness until it became apparent that as a white male, I wasn't to be included unless I agree to pay for mistakes made 160 years ago by someone I might have been related to or worked for.
@@Theywaswrong People alive today are paying for the lack of generational wealth opportunities still? But hey, if you need a current example of horrific tyranny you won't care about, the Black Hills are calling.
I want to go back to Maine so much. We live in Florida now for health reasons, but Maine is stunning and a great living experience. We lived in Bangor and it is much more diverse than you think.
@@Livetheseacoast I remember driving at night - it was a sea of moths, fireflies, and other bugs dancing in the headlights. I hope it's still like that (healthy ecosystem).
Moved to Maine from Maryland in July 2021. Couldn’t afford to live on the coast, so we lived about an hour and a half north of Portland. Maine is beautiful and the people were totally welcoming and kind. Unfortunately, health care is a disaster there. I ended up having to go nearly four hours to Boston for my oncology appointments and it took nearly a year to find a primary care doctor and he was in New Hampshire! Ended up leaving an abusive marriage and Maine after one year. I would definitely go back to vacation but never to live there.
@@PanamaWoods that's the point...I'm not a minority and remaining homogenous keeps me from being a minority. Living amongst others is not complimentary - it's divisive. Notice how DIVersity and DIVisive have the same prefix-root? You need a passport.
I've moved to Maine twice, with a dozen years in Phoenix between my stints. The number one negative I've experienced is the biting bugs. In Phoenix, there are virtually no flying insects any time of the year. (There's only the sporadic swarm of killer bees, lots of scorpions, rattlesnakes, and black widow spiders, but they don't bother too much.) Here in Maine, one must have a good supply of bug juice to survive. The short summers are actually a positive here because it means fewer days with those pesky pests.
@@WonTooForAte9 "For some reason when white people do it...its racist." No one ever says this, that's just 'victim syndrome'. If ANY race wants to exclusively live with their own kind and exclude others, it is racist regardless.
Lots of people move to places for cultural diversity. If you're specifically talking about racial diversity though, yeah, some people are more comfortable in racially diverse places, mostly POC, but it's not necessarily a racial thing, people can just be more comfortable(or be more interested in living in) in diverse areas, especially if they grew up in more homogeneous areas. Or that can be flipped, and people are more comfortable in more homogeneous areas. People will move to new countries/states/provinces/wtv and simply form clusters of or gravitate towards their own cultural/racial group.
@@WonTooForAte9 All races didn't build a nation on the backs of slaves, then institute post slavery apartheid regimes like Jim Crow, and today, gerrymander specific racial groups out of their effective voting rights. How's that "for some reason"?
My son got a job in Bar Harbor last fall. He could afford to live there in the non tourist winter season but came spring he couldn't find a place to live that he could afford even moving an hour away so he moved back. Liked it just couldn't afford it.
Same winter here in New England. But not so many snow mobiles here thankfully. Unfortunately Maine is also more crowded in the summer. Actually Maine is cheaper than here.Much healthier pace of life in Maine. You are right about limited diversity though. Love it.
When we lived in Warren, Maine back in the ‘70’s, it was wonderful until our taxes went from $91.00 year to $7500.00 because we restored our 1871 Cape. We sold it in the ‘80’s and the new owners added a two car garage to the ell and their taxes went to $12,000. We have since moved to WNC Smokies, another tourist Mecca and we are in a similar boat with traffic. We tried Alaska too; but the llllohg dark winters were a deterrent. Maine is still my choice but too old for moving again.
I think most people who move to Maine are coming from other New England states and are pretty aware it’s cold. For me the cost of living would be a welcome break.
@@Livetheseacoast I think that’s great for Maine, they certainly could use an influx of people and I am sure their economy loves it. I guess I thought cold weather would be common knowledge, sort of like if I moved to Phoenix, it’s going to be super hot in the summer. Take care
That Maine accent of yours sounds like it came from south of the Mason Dixon Line. There's nothing wrong with Maine a stout hardy people can't handle and it's diversity is just fine. The charm of this wonderful state should be preserved not diluted.
Central, western and far north are my fave. Remember, the road stops in Kokadjo. I LOVE the areas where moose outnumber humans. Maine is the most beautiful state on the planet in my opinion although I live in the second most beautiful (NH). "Welcome home" is right (for outsiders, it's on the state line sign) 💕
@@kenm7179 Travel the whole state and test river water downstream from the mills. The only difference is New Jersey can afford signage to warn you while Maine cannot. The Penobscot smelled of chemicals so strongly you ran from your car to get inside. I have lived in both states.
I'm not from Maine. I bought a house here 4 years ago. You left out Northern Maine. I live in Madawaska. Don't move here if you're not a hermit or a person willing to drastically overpay for basic human services because your last name isn't Cyr or Daigle.
I was stationed at Loring AFB in Maine when I was 19 years old in 1993. I remember it snowed in the month of June, all the cars were completely covered. 😅
@@rediron44I mean anyone who isn't indoctrinated can see that. Go walk around a poor white community and a poor black community and see which one you feel safer in
@@rediron44I mean it's a fact but I'm sure you people will just ignore crime statistics and say it's white people's fault there isn't one successful black city
Diversity doesn't matter,my neighborhood had it and we all got along,they were all educated,combination of workers,business owners,military,great people!
Maine is two different states. I inherited property in Jackman that's been in the family for over 70 years and it's not downstate Maine. Different accent and even languages, different culture. I can't imagine living up there FT and having to work though unless it's remote work. There's not a lot there job wise. On the channel The World According to Briggs, he has nice things to say about downstate Maine and one thing not considered is it's probably the safest state in spite of the lack of diversity, it's not as closed as one might think. In the interim of inheriting that property, I've moved to Iowa(that was culture shock coming from Long Island) and now Arizona. I miss the east coast, the ocean and seasons.
Its more like 7 sections. Coast below Portland , Coast up to Ellsworth, Coast above Ellsworth. Interior south, interior middle , interior nort h the big woods, and Aroostook county. Jackman is the big woods. A great drive is up rte 11 . Most jobs are Portland South. Its safe. It has very little diversity. Small town folks are not that friendly. I like Aroostook County a lot. There is not much there. Its a longway from any city,Bangor. Maine has issues too. Taxes can be high. Education is expensive but low quality. Most of the citys are mediocre. Lots of bugs. Ticks are common and carry disease. I cant believe people still camp and hike.....
@@kennkid9912 Could be, but I saw a difference between Jackman and down east. In terms of education and diversity, get out a bit more. I have lived in Iowa and AZ and Iowa is the least diverse place I've lived, but has decent education. AZ is more diverse, but not good education. It's 48th in the country. Low taxes are a lot of it. IDK what you consider high taxes...I lived on Long Island for 40 years and the average property tax now is probably around 12k a year. Education is decent, but it's not a good value at that cost. Iowa is just as good at 40% of the cost in NY. AZ property taxes are ridiculously cheap. We have 2600sq/ft on 1.46ac in an upper middle class town and pay 2450 a year. The schools suck though. When we moved here, my oldest daughter started the 11th grade and already had enough credits to graduate, so she took mostly AP classes her last two years. Most small town places are parochial as you have found. In Iowa, a lot of people I worked with came from small towns and had all the friends and family they'll ever want. This translates into a not invented here mentality and they have to know you in some way to get your foot in the door. I had a hard time finding work at one point and what I found was, if a local said you were okey doke, you got in. When I lived in NY, all the work I ever got was through interviews and being unknown. AZ is somewhere in the middle, more like NY. From what I understand, the Jackman I knew as a kid has changed. I heard they had some aryan idiot in charge of the town at one point. I have fond memories though of spending my summers up there. I used to take Rt 201 to Jackman. I'd want to live near the coast if I lived there. The World According to Briggs said Ellsworth is good.
@@nokoolaid Ellsworth is the hub north of Belfast. Its ok. A shopping area. If u dont go there you go to Bangor. My relatives live in Nebraska . The people were nice enuf. Farmers. They no longer live there. My ex brother in law moved to Arizona. Why I have no idea. My sister moved back east to Mass. Their kids live in N and have done well. I have lived in Me. for 39 years. I have seen it all. Taxes are not cheap. our school is pretty mediocre. Its kind of a closed community ,if you want to be buddies with them. I dont care so it doesnt bother me.
@@kennkid9912 We moved to Iowa for my job and then to AZ for my wife's job. People in Iowa are nice too, almost too much, like they won't say what they think or feel, almost passive aggressive, at least coming from NY where people are more blunt. We might move again. My oldest daughter is married and moved to Oregon and has two kids. I like Oregon better than AZ. It's actually pretty mellow. Weather is better half of the year. I don't see myself moving back east. Too expensive, although Oregon isn't cheap either.
Don't forget the income tax and sales tax. There's a reason why it's called Vacationland. It's a nice place to visit but you wouldn't want tp live there.
I saw an article within the past 7 days that had Maine 4th behind HI, CA & NY on a list of highest taxed states. Knowing that, I was curious how one may be impacted by owning a 2nd home in ME while having a primary residence in a more tax-friendly state.
@@user-el5yw1er2j I’m proud of being true to who I am and I hope to be able share the happiness and sense of belonging with my children so that they don’t turn to sex and drugs to heal the lesions of hedonism. You may go to your urban Hell because good people don’t want you around anyway
If "diversity" is so great, why do people flee from it every chance they get? As for "multiculturalism": that's just a code for undermining any dominant culture to replace with centralized authoritarianism; the Obama slogan "Yes We Can" actually meant quite the reverse.
All great points. I'd elaborate that it's not just snow, anywhere within an hour or more of the ocean sees very heavy, wet snow. The kind of snow that people have heart attacks trying to move if they're not physically fit.
Native born and raised Mainer here ( still live there ) : If you're a homebody and prefer staying inside or if you just hate the cold than Maine isn't the place for you. If you're an outdoor person than chances are Winter isn't going to bother you. In fact there's quite a lot to do in the Winter, snowmobiling, skiing, ice skating, sledding, building snow forts and snowmen, ice fishing. Before moving to Maine you need to consider that from anytime from early November until mid April is cold and at anytime between those months we can get severe snowstorms.
