Living in Maine

[MainelyButch]

Well I see no one has started a Maine forum! So I will jump in and start one.

I was raised in Maine, 15th generation of the oldest family here...in the oldest town in Maine! Can you guess where I was raised?

I love living in Maine...although I am not a fan of the winters or snow. I live close to the coast, in southern Maine. I love that I can be at the beach in 5 minutes or in the mountains in an hour. The location is great because it's an hour to Boston, or 45 minutes to Portland, Maine. This makes it such a great, diverse place with easy access to most anything you would want to do, whether it be a stroll on the beach with the dogs, or a days ride into the mountains to relax and take in the scenery, or a trip into the city for shopping and fine dining!

And in the winter when it's cold and snowing, we fire up the woodstove and it's so nice to chill out, get comfortable with my girl, read a good book or watch the flakes fall outside the windows.

What do you like about living in Maine? What's it like in the part where you live?

[suebee]

Originally Posted by MainelyButch

Well I see no one has started a Maine forum! So I will jump in and start one.

I was raised in Maine, 15th generation of the oldest family here...in the oldest town in Maine! Can you guess where I was raised?

I love living in Maine...although I am not a fan of the winters or snow. I live close to the coast, in southern Maine. I love that I can be at the beach in 5 minutes or in the mountains in an hour. The location is great because it's an hour to Boston, or 45 minutes to Portland, Maine. This makes it such a great, diverse place with easy access to most anything you would want to do, whether it be a stroll on the beach with the dogs, or a days ride into the mountains to relax and take in the scenery, or a trip into the city for shopping and fine dining!

And in the winter when it's cold and snowing, we fire up the woodstove and it's so nice to chill out, get comfortable with my girl, read a good book or watch the flakes fall outside the windows.

What do you like about living in Maine? What's it like in the part where you live?

Hey Mainely!

I live on the Canadian side of the eastern most Maine border crossing, and my Sweetie lives on the U.S. side. It would be the best of both worlds.....if those darned "yes on one" folks hadn't gotten involved! Don't know the southern part of the state very well. But I'm sure we'll be down there at some point in time, as my Sweetie has family down there!

Oh yeah - my family was part of the group that founded my town! We're both descended from our local pioneers I guess! Huh?

Sue

[MainelyButch]

Hey there Sue! Thanks for replying to my post....nice to know that there are some "almost" Mainer's here! LOL And yes, it's cool to be descendants of the founders! I love history, so it's cool that I can trace my lineage back so far.

You'll have to give a shout when you are headed into southern Maine. I live near the LGBT haven of Ogunquit Beach...a very popular LGBT resort area in southern Maine.

~Ang

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Hello there.. I guess we are in the same neck of the woods.
I too am from Maine, southern part of the state.
I do hate the winters and the snow, but thats what living in Maine is all about.

[theoddz]

Well, I don't live in Maine now, but I lived and went to school there for 5 years with my ex and my college degree is from there.

I have only fond memories of Maine now, though I do think of it every fall when I remember how beautiful the leaves and the change of seasons were. I remember eating at the lobster co-ops, downeast near Damariscotta and Boothbay Harbor. Cook's Lobster Restaurant used to sell a 2 lobster dinner with cole slaw and drawn butter for $15. I'm sure it's gone up since then!!

I remember thinking how rustic it was in Brunswick, where we lived. I loved walking on the campus of Bowdoin College and visiting that wonderful museum they have there of Admiral Perry's expedition to the Antartic. Annie and I would eat breakfast in this little diner alongside the road on the way into town. I think it was called the "Miss Maine Diner".

There were no apartment complexes, as we know them there. There were only the huge 100+ year old sea captains' frame houses, cobbled up to make apartments. Our building was so old, it was never intended to have indoor plumbing, or even electricity. Those were all "new" add-ons. One thing that old place had, though, was a bang-up heating system!!! Our landlord, "Doc Carver", who was 89 y/o (he looked in his 60's, tho....from years of living in "The Deep Freeze", as we used to joke with him), was a "furnace artiste" and always ensured that we were warm and toasty!!! Annie and I were very fond of Doc and his wife, Bea, who also lived in the building.

Oh, and I can't say enough about the wonderful fishing up there. The Maine woods are just incomparable, and it really is a hunting and fishing paradise. One of my classmates' wives was lucky enough to get a moose tag one year and our whole class celebrated with a "moose taco" night at Tom's house!!! That's something I'll never forget. Mainers are interesting people. Once they get to know you, you're like family to them, and they treat you as such. I've found Mainers to be straightforward, hardy and eager to laugh with friends and family. They are very family oriented and help their neighbors. You're never alone when you live in Maine.

So, my hat is off, and my heart out to the wonderful folks in Maine. I miss you all......and give the LL Bean store in Freeport a wave for me, willya?? No other place I know of, other than the casinos here in Vegas, are open 24/7/365.

~Theo~

[blugrass]

I'm from an old Maine family from Wells! Mom still lives there. Love the summers, hate the winters. I'm a mid-atlantic-er now.

-blu

[Heart]

I'm a NYer, but I had a love-affair with Maine when I was 18. I lived near Ellsworth in an old house on a ridge with no electricity or running water. We bathed in a rock quarry (with biodegradable soap of course), peed in chamber pots and pooped in the outhouse. We planted food and the dog kept the critters away. I worked in the blueberry fields, but that was backbreaking, so I moved into the blueberry factory. A red-headed boy I barely knew asked me to marry him. We had a goat who gave birth to a kid that was named after me. I saw the Northern Lights.

Then the snows came. None of the truck could budge and we had to snowshoe everywhere. The only heat was an Ashley stove, so we lived in one room. I got bronchitis and pneumonia and wound up on a bus back to NY - 13 hours with 102 degree fever. But it was worth it.

That was a long time ago.

Heart

[LieslKate]

I am in Southern New Brunswick and I speak Maineish thanks to my friend Bonnie in Skowhegan and Tim Sample !

We used to spend summers in Bar Harbor with my grandparents and I have traveled to or through and visited most parts of Maine... Love the LL Bean outlet in Freeport, Perry's Nut House in Belfast and Helen's Restaurant in Michias.

The coastal area is my favourite but I also love the mountainous interior and all the coniferous forests... the Northeast Kingdom ROCKS

[homoe]

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I'm not from Maine but I will be keeping an eye on the outcome of Susan Collins come election time!

[Chad]

I love Maine. I do wonder if it is too cold for my Texas blood.

Agreed, we should keep an eye on Susan Collins.

[kittygrrl]

Originally Posted by Chad

I love Maine. I do wonder if it is too cold for my Texas blood.

Maine is lovely
in the fall Chad..(keep near the door) several thick wool sweaters, boots, thinsulate gloves, and a few warm hats....then home to a hearty stew, rolls, just out of the oven and a merry fire roaring on the hearth

[homoe]

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And perhaps a hot blooded woman as well strictly *cough cough* for body heat?

[Chad]

Originally Posted by homoe

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And perhaps a hot blooded woman as well strictly *cough cough* for body heat?

A hardy Maine hot blooded femme with a good sense of humor and a kind heart.