Living in Maine PROS and CONS
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- Ever think it would be "wicked" cool to see what it would be like to live in Maine? I give you my top Pros and Cons to living in Maine for being here for over 25 years! We check out some local beaches in York, visit the Wiggly Bridge and Town Docks on the York River in York Harbor, then we visit Perkins Cove and the Kittery Foreside.
Thinking about selling a home, relocating or moving to Maine? Reach out to me!
BradStephens34@kw.com
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Southern ME & NH
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Just uploaded "The REAL cost of Living in Maine.." Video! Let me know what you think :)
No, winter, early spring= no tourists
What would be the best time to come to Maine to look for a place to retire. A time to see Maine at its best. Seriously looking for a place to go other than Delaware!
@@nana-vt1lm for being a Mainer I think the summer definitely because since Maine is far North it’s very cold in the winter and there is SO MUCH SNOW. So I think coming maybe the beginning of the summer
We just moved to FL from L.A. Too hot. Hubby works in the harbors. Maine is my next contender. I realllllly want to live there!!!!
I am so stoked to check this out even though these videos are a couple years old. I'm looking to you, Brad! I'm going to need a realtor that can do the job right!! All pros, no cons!! Xo
"Everything is about a 5 - 15 minute drive" I literally laughed out loud. I'm from Houston, everything is a 45 - 60 minute drive.
Same. I'm from Alaska (off grid) and everything is far away.
He lives down by the New Hampshire border. He's just an hour from Boston. He's not living the average Maine experience. My number one gripe about being a TYPICAL Mainer is having to drive 45 minutes to 2 hours to go anywhere. You have to really branch out to get anywhere or have a full social life.
I live in rural Mississippi and have a similar issue. You're nose deep in heavy traffic whereas I'm out in the middle of nowhere and everything is 35 miles away.
Going past Bangor or northern or central Maine is nothing compared to southern main what so ever
I agree. I live in the same town he does and NH is literally a 15 minute drive away with Walmart, Target, Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s, even a dilapidated mall. But not so much in central-northern Maine. It’s pretty desolate and everything is pretty far away. I travel from York up to near Caribou at least once a year-a 6 hour drive. I think there might be more moose and deer than people up there. It’s beautiful up there, though. The best sunsets I’ve ever seen!
"I'm from Southern Maine. I can't talk about Northern Maine, but I'm sure there's a bunch of beautiful trees" 😂💀
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I live in northern main
Hes not wrong
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I just want to eat lobster and live in the cold without worrying about getting stabbed ;-;
me too i literally just want to go outside anytime of the day
Same lol
I love the picture painted in this comment. Throw in comfy income too though.
it sucks here not missing anything
@@m.a.d.i3056 I live in Texas and its SO HOT year round. It never ends. We get maybe two months sometimes if we are blessed we will get 4 months of kinda cool weather . I love the COLD . There is none here ! I wouldn't mind going to Maine or Vermont . Someplace COLD
I lived in Boston for 30yrs and love Maine even more.For me and most city dwellers Maine attraction is nature and low key small towns that are like jewels sparking in vast empty wilderness.As an Artist this appeals to me. Its my retirement destination Cape Elizabeth, Camden comes to mind.
This was a lovely video about northern New Hampshire.
Yes because Southern Maine surely isn't how the rest of the state lives. His comment about not having to drive far is not reality for the majority of us. He's only an hour from Boston.
Coming from Illinois, the 'owning a car' and 'winter' aren't really cons for me lol, I cannot wait to move out of my state, possibly to Maine.
I've always wanted to work from home. If I ever accomplish that goal, winter weather won't be something I worry myself to death over. I'll choose beauty over convenience/comfort.
Yeeeees! Same! I'm leaving prairieland forever, real soon!!! Can't wait!!!
I watched this specifically because I live in Maine. I personally love the state, but I live in Central Maine. So I see farms and large businesses every day.
I also live in Maine and although everything you said was accurate the experience can change a little bit depending on what part of Maine you choose to live in. For example if you live in a less populated forested area, like me, your problems change from tourists to blackflies and really bad cellular service.
Yes, these seem like valid points for someone thinking about moving up to northern Maine. Almost forgot about those black flies haha!
What on earth are black flies .....
@@natalierose4814 Most people call them "No-see-ums" because they're so tiny and absolutely infuriating, worse than a swarm of mosquitoes.
@@BradStephens better then giant flying roaches in Los Angeles lol
@@elizabethtrainer9732 better then giant flying roaches in Los Angeles CA, people are in denial here and call them water bugs but nah bra they are roaches 🪳 hope to move to Maine where the rats are rat size and not cat size like here where I live lol
Maine is really nice especially southern Maine Portland area. Great people, good food, beaches and night life.
"They should give out lobster rolls at the toll booth" cracked me up! My wife and I moved from Waterville to Biddeford 5 years ago and love it down here. We were married and stayed at a beach house on Long Sands Beach for our honeymoon. Yes, people are pretty nice up here.
I live in Arkansas and I really just want a change of scenery. I love fall and winter time and we don't get much of that here. I graduate with my bachelors in elementary education next year and I have been thinking of moving out of state but haven't been sure where to go. For some reason I've been drawn to Maine for a bit now and am trying to figure out as much as I can. I'm single though so I would have to figure out how to make it happen on a single teacher's salary
I'm posting a video today about cost of living! Maine also has some cool programs where new graduates can get money / help paying student loans if they move to Maine.
I’ll be graduating in 2 years and my husband and I are wanting to move to Maine as well afterwards. We’re from Ohio and stopped in Maine on our way to our honeymoon in Nova Scotia. We immediately fell in love! Can’t wait to be there. 😍
You should go for it I am from Louisiana new orleans and moved to montana best decision and now thinking of main :) there a whole life out there for us :)
Even if you don't get a job teaching there it always doesn't hurt to try a different job temporarily until you are able to make that teacher job hope that helps
@@BradStephens bro she just said she was single you didn't get the hint
Great video! I lived near Machias when I was 18. I’m 74, and would love to go back to Maine!
I’m here because of a friend. Told me Maine was the most beautiful state he’d ever seen in the u.s. I’m from Connecticut. But I’ll make my way to Maine very very soon. I love nature and thats what its got 😍
Hey man, thank you so much for making this video. My fiancé and I are from Georgia and are planning to move up to Maine (Bangor area) once we’re married. I’ve found close to zero videos on living in Maine for a while until I decided to look it up again and found this!
Please please keep up these videos about Maine bc to someone like myself who has never been there or has any experience with it, this is super helpful. My fiancé and I are looking to buy a home up there, but we also don’t know a ton about the process. Keep up the good work man!
That's great! Bangor is nice- I love a breakfast/lunch place called bagel central up there, it's THE BEST! When you're ready to move up here reach out and I'll be happy to help! 🙂
@@BradStephens We've actually been house-hunting through zillow for months now, and one property we were really interested in, the realtor never responded to us. So we'll take any help we can even now! Bc we hope to move there in April.
@@GraceUponGraceProductions send me an email- bradstephens34@kw.com
Hi, I am a dubstep Music producer from Maine, I'm actually living in Maine currently. Maine is a nice peaceful area, especially in the winter, I love it.. Great video, keep up the good work. =)
Whoa! I'm from boston and my favorite music is dubstep I also produce in fl studio
Thank you for this! I just got accepted into USM and was torn about going to Maine or IUP in Pennsylvania. Of course Maine is even further from my home state but moving from North Dakota to Maine seems like just the right decision.☺️
Glad it was helpful! Maine has a lot of great programs for college students, like the flagship program and the Educational Opportunity Tax Credit- check it out!
hey im planning to move to north dakota. How is it over there? Coming from southern California
I live in Florida, but have been to Maine a lot over the last 40 years to visit my wife’s family. Over that 40 years I have eaten a lot of lobster rolls there, but I have never seen a lobster roll there that had that much lobster on it. That had to have been a specially made lobster roll for this video. And he forgot to mention how proud they are of their lobster rolls. They ain’t cheap, believe me. 🙂
There's a unique connection between Maine and Florida. 95% of Mainers I know love to vacation in Florida for the theme parks and better weather. Plus they enjoy the metropolises that we don't have.
The Mrs. and I have lived on the Gulf Coasts nearly our whole life, and we are wanting a change after this last Hurricane. Having seasons would be a dream come true being boiled alive 345 days a year is a nightmare would love to be cold for once in our lives.
Haha! Come on up and check it out!
I love Maine. It's so beautiful!
I'm from boston and maine is literally my favorite state, during summers I went to maine for fun town splashtown alot😀😀
Omg I love fun town
Glad to see you enjoy my state!
O yeah it's fun lol
Mainers love people from Massachusetts. They bring such positivity to the state.
"sandy, clean beaches" shows the one of the rockiest beaches in maine
lived there for 2 years. 2 amazing years.
Maine has many different sections with different lifestyles. It’s huge!
I always thought it was huge too. Takes forever to get anywhere. And then I came to Colorado this year. Colorado is three times the land mass of Maine. I whimpered in terror.
I used to live in Harrison as a kid n I loved it!
Man once I move out I really want to move to Maine, but idk if I can, I don’t want to leave my family and friends, but it’s so unbelievably beautiful
It's only beautiful April through September and May June July and August do not last as long as the cold months. Doesn't matter if there's the same amount of days in a month or if there's more daylight in those months. October through March are dark, freezing cold, icy, muddy, roads are dangerous, there's nothing to do. They drag on and on.
You are talking about Northern Massachusetts.
I am. canadian from montreal planning to visit Maine in September I am pretty sure I ll love it. Thank you for the video
i'm 13 and maine is so gorgeous and all i've wanted since i was little was to live in the quiet countryside with horses and since i found out about all of maine's hidden gems i wanna goooo
Me too 🙂 but I’m so scared bc of my nationality and color ☹️
@@lalar3233 i'm so sorry.
@@lalar3233 Hey, in Maine no one cares about that stuff. We may be the whitest state but we’re all just chill people that like nature and the quiet. Don’t get me wrong there are some none quiet areas that have more people. Most towns are set up the same way, it’s basically a down town with nice restaurants and shops surrounded by neighborhood. And don’t get me started on the lakes, they are so warm and have the most beautiful houses and nicest people. So many activities at lakes, I would recommend renting a house on sebago and renting a boat or jet ski! Hit me up with any questions, I’ve lived here all 15 years of my life.
@@parker5323 Hey, I just accepted into usm! Are the people of Maine nice to poc who are from out of state? I’m from California and Portland looks beautiful:)
@@anavalencia6216 I would say if you stay south of Augusta and don’t go far west the people are very friendly and you shouldn’t have a problem. The further you go west or north you’ll run into older republicans who may make a slight comment but my friend who’s black doesn’t have any problems. Portland is super pretty. Next year you should try and go to Acadia national park and if you ski or snowboard we have good mountains here.
Thanks for the information. It's nice to hear realistic viewpoints.
Thank you, I’m glad it was helpful.
I'm from the second biggest city in Maine. Lewiston. SOOOOOO colddddd ❄️🥶
My condolences. I just left Lewiston after a decade of living on Pine Street downtown.. never again 😆
LA lol gross
Wow cool
“Got a lobster roll..took one for the team” 😂 That made me laugh. I’ve been thinking to relocate to Maine from Austin. This video was really good! Thanks Brad! 👍🏻
I love Austin! Glad you enjoyed the video! Feel free to reach out if you want to chat about your move! 🙌
I wanna move to in Houston, can you tell me about it
Brad I'm a Cali girl my kiddo keeps telling me go to Maine and there's a island lol 🤣 I'm just so glad I found this no disrespect you are just so handsome 🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻💕
I really want to move to Maine. I've visited a few times. Thank you for your insights.
No problem! Thanks for watching!
I'm thinking about applying to University of Maine for graduate school. I heard about how freezing cold it is! I went to college in Arizona for 2 years and it's literally an oven there! Now, I currently live in the state of Washington. I kind of got used to the cold, so I would be ready for whatever weather Maine throws at me :D
[lifetime resident] Winter is my favorite season but it does have its challenges. It’s not that it’s ungodly cold the whole time (but it will be below 0 often enough) really it’s just that it hangs in there for a long time. You can expect light snowfall in October. I have pictures somewhere of my family making rabbits out of snow banks on Easter. Hell I’ve seen very light snowfall in May a few times. But don’t let that deter you. It’s a nice place if you’re into nature and quietness.
@@hellofrominside8524 Thank you for the info! I heard Maine is a very beautiful state. I would love to visit there one day
Going for the raw oysters in late September. Staying in York and Boothbay Harbor! Driving up from Asheville, NC... another popular and beautiful location.
Thank you Brad!
I’ll never leave!
Thanks! Good video! I'm from Boston, my wife is from Pennsylvania, but we met in Los Angeles and have both been living here in LA for 20+ years. We NOW are seriously talking about moving back to the northeast and are very interested in greater Portland. The pros sound very good and the cons, not TOO bad.
I just finished a 4 day visit, based out of Rockland.
I say "based out of Rockland" and not a visit *in* Rockland, because i was driving around *everywhere.*
I must have put 1100 miles on my Jeep the last 4 days. Just cruising along the roads inland Maine. Went all the live long way to the White Mountains, went up to Bangor, Brunswick, and lost myself on every backroad on the way there.
Best $100 on gas ever! Absolutely worth it.
And it'll all be cheaper on my next visit, because then I'll have a sedan.
Yes. You MUST have a car in Maine.
I'm glad you called bullshit (albeit politely) on his "everything's close by" comment.
You won't do it cheaper now. $4 gallon. I saw the White Mountains for the first time last year. I was amazed that I lived so close and never had gone. It was like magic. We don't have what the White Mountains have. Gorgeous and fun.
What I love about Maine:
A TON of local restaurants. We know how to cook.
A lot of breweries and a few distilleries.
Popham Beach state park is a gem. It's huge and the landscape changes with the tides.
Bus system runs from Boston to Bangor along I-95.
Bangor has an extensive bus system to get around the greater Bangor region. The patrons largely are on the sketchy side but you can get around inexpensively if you don't want to or can't own a vehicle.
The summers are beautiful and lush. The humidity may be up to 100% but so worth the landscape and ability to garden without fear of drought. We have a great variety of temps in the summer from 65° cold days to 105° scorchers.
Bangor has worked hard to compete with Portland which is much too far. So we get business from western, eastern, northern Maine. Excellent access to major concert tours.
We have beautiful little towns like Hallowell that provide excellent atmosphere for dining, drinking, Maine-made shopping.
In the winters we have fairly good mountains for snowboarding/skiing. I love going out snowboarding all morning and afternoon then hitting up their town for excellent food & cocktails.
We have camp life. Camp is a unique lifestyle to us. It does not mean camping in a trailer or tent. They're lake cottages and traditionally they don't have electricity or plumbing but most do now. I live for lake life and we have a ton of them. Swimming, boating, reading in the sun, sitting on the deck over the water and it's crowded with family and company.
We have great fishing and hunting. You're very likely to bag a moose, bear, deer, goose, partridge.
I'm not personally a good driver but most of us are. It's our roads that will wreck you.
The locals whose families have been in Maine for fifty years or more are incredible. They're tough and leathery but kind and giving. They'll go out if their way to help a stranger or a friend.
Our state has a ton of French Canadian families. They are awesome. They're very close families. Usually huge families. They get together often and know how to have a good time. Their food is delicious. They sure know how to cook.
Things I hate:
There's not a lot to do if you aren't physically in shape or your family or friends don't have a camp or a boat. It gets more pronounced in the winter. Stuck indoors paying out the nose for fuel to keep from freezing.
The mud, ice, and snow are no fun. Although they're common across the nation, it's just miserable.
You have to drive. A LOT. This man is very far south and only an hour from Boston. He has quick access to things the majority of us don't. To have a life in Maine you have to be willing to drive. Bangor region. Lewiston region. Presque Isle region. Augusta region. Portland region. Calais region (if you have connections to that part of Maine I mourn for you. Those roads are like driving in outer space. If you breakdown there's no cell service, no villages. Just woods and a freaky sketchy long highway with nothing on it for miles and miles.). I have friends and family in all but Presque Isle and Calais region. Maybe Bar Harbor/Ellsworth is its own region, too.
Our schools aren't that great. When I was a kid in early 2000s they were always striking or making us walk to our field trips. There was money for novelty laptops for every 7th grader in the state in 2003 but none for textbooks, home economics, arts, buses, new roofs, heat, you name it there was a problem.
Our roads are terrible. I've been to other states that complain about their roads but if they knew what Maine drives on, they'd shut up and be grateful. Our potholes and frost heaves demand blood. And our winter road treatments will eat your undercarriage and panels up. Don't bother buying a new car unless you have the money to treat it so they don't rust out.
Keep doing these videos Brad, you have a great presence and style
A Excellent Video.. Highly Recommended.. Thank You Very Much For Sharing..
“5-15 minutes” I’m from the Midwest, I’ll drive triple that for almost anything!
dang wish i could live there, i had my opportunity in 2017, dang...i still have faith that opportunity will come back and i can still move there
I’m sure it will! Everything happens for a reason!
Best place in the world for 3 months. But the winters are ugh!
Family owns a summer seasonal up at wells Beach for about 20 yrs now. Prior I owned a summer seasonal for almost 10 yrs., back in the 80's-early 90's at York Beach, Cape Neddick. Can't beat it.
I think it's great that some guy named Brad from York who has never been further north than Bangor and thinks eating a lobster roll is "taking one for the team" is going to educate me on the pros and cons on living in Maine. -Actual Mainer
Love the Olive Garden Waitress, Wing-Flapping "Whatzupguys" intro.
I greatly appreciate a balanced review. And I'll tell you right now, a 15 minute drive to the grocery store ain't shit! Where I live in Mississippi, I am 35 miles away from pretty much everything. That's a 30-45 minute drive depending on weather and traffic. Thankfully finding a job won't be an issue as the company I work for has locations all over the state, York being one of them.
I heard so much good things about Maine looking for retirement place with 4 season love skiing and outdoors thanks for your videos!👍👍
Now I'm ordering Poke because of YOU
I'm from Nebraska and I love your accent!! Lol:)
I MIGHT move to Maine, from Los Angeles, Cali...a friend want's me to move here so badly, lol...I don't know yet, but it sure is pretty here!
no
The biggest Con: The Price😃
I live in the other Maine farms, mills (the ones that are left) and woods. Nothing like southern Maine.
SOUTHERN Maine....metro Boston. Lived in central Maine for 6 years.....three separate towns. Winters are LLLOOONNNGGG. Summers are nice. People were mixed, some friendly, some not. Left in summer 2020. Would loved to have tried northern Maine, "The County" but don't think I could have survived the winters. Heard people up there are friendlier... Renys, Mardens, Hammond Lumber......
That's the most sincere ask to like I've ever heard haha, may not get me everytime but it got me this time
I wish i could be there once in my life.
Great breweries in Maine and little diners.
If everyone out in Maine is like you then Imma love it!!!!
Hey!!! I live in York, Maine too! I work at a store in York, I’ll have to say hi if I see you!
Adding I’ve been to northern Maine. It’s pretty desolate once you get into Aroostook county north of Bangor, but we have family way up there near Caribou so we always have a good time.
Love your video. We are retiring to Maine in 2023.
😂😂 the music when you were eating the lobster roll. Currently trying to convince my husband to move to Maine. It’ll be a long game, for sure, but I think we’ll get there eventually.
Haha thank you! When you're ready I'll be here happy to help 🙂
I’m moving to Maine in July, with my husband and our son. We are so excited. Still looking for our home , we’d like to be in southern Maine. If anyone has any advice.
We are moving from Tampa Florida, where the entire world is moving too. Lol. So yea, we are leaving
Feel free to email me- I’m happy to help you become a “Mainer”! Bradstephens34@kw.com
I live in Hancock my self. And I love every second of living here.
Where is that? Around Frankfort?
Northern Maine and southern Maine are two different worlds. Southern Maine has places like Kennebunkport, old orchard beach, wells and so on tourist attractions and multi million dollar summer homes on the coast mostly out of staters. While northern Maine is very rural and almost stuck in time, where people still pump your gas and bring out your groceries to your car. Northern Maine is more like Canada while southern Maine is more like Massachusetts. To be honest when younger I couldn't stand it and was bored alot but now I couldn't see myself living anywhere else. I will say southern Maine has changed so much in the last 10-15 years, things happen today that 10 years ago would of sounded crazy but today it's the norm. Craziness has reached even the most out skirted places.
This guy is a clean neat freak minimalist with no possessions. Just look at how clean that room is he is in.
I lived in Portland for 5 years and moved for work. Will get back hopefully in the next 5 years and go north but not to the county.
Jesus, NEVER the county, it's like Deliverance up there!
I live in Pittsfield very rural and underratted
You also forgot to mention it’s not crowded there’s very little traffic and that there is great sporting scene.
Go to Wells, Old Orchard, or Ellsworth/MDI in the summer. It's almost ILLEGALLY crowded. You'll be bumper to bumper, no parking, walk a mile to get back where you were sitting in traffic for an hour looking for nearby parking. I've been to Times Square and streets around Central Park. No difference.
Bro those are like the worst places in the state anyway 😂
@@leifwalker4929 yes agreed
@@bradleymiller437 plus Lewiston
Biggest con living in Southern maine is mass , con , ny , nj
Id like to see this guy stuck in the woods with his white shoes 😂
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I’m from the east coast (Virginia 23 years total) and I recently moved to Dallas for the year but I was talking to my brother about moving to Maine and buying a house with our family.
Really good humor. Good video
Thank you!!
I'm from Portland Oregon and thinking of moving to Portland Maine! Isn't that ironic? Thank you for the great video :)
Haha thats great! Portland, Maine is awesome!
Southern Maine I don't even consider Tru Maine. Then again being from Aroostook County, it's also No Man's Land. Living there half my life and being away for the other half really makes miss it
Southern Maine, north Boston?
Southern Maine is northern mass
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Like Eastern Canada basically. Geographically at least.
Sweetie, if you live in York you are practically in Massachusetts.
BRAD BRO We share the same County in Maine! Glad to see somebody on yt that shares the same county as me 😄😂
Bonus pro: much less likely to be targeted by nukes.
Cheers from York Maine, love seeing this awesome video. Not like the other bullshit ones up, nice work bub
You live in Massachusetts.
Brad...your gorgeous man lol. I'm watching maine videos cause may be moving there from mass soon.🤗
Beaches when is cold as fuck..
I cannot wait to move there. Im from Alaska!
Serous questions how friendly are they towards Mexicans ? I'm going to check it out spring or summer of 2021 before we move from California
@@pamelag.00 just look at how these white guys dress. They all think they own a yacht or something. They been looking the same for decades. I bet he still have his varsity jacket from high school.
You would not like it go straight to calif. you will be happier
If you can communicate in English you won't have any trouble. Very few Mainers speak Spanish. We don't care about your ethnicity or skin color.
Comin from a black man that is from California and has been to Maine... It'll be a little weird for you homie. Maine is 95% white.. And when i say white.. I MEAN STONE WHITE.. Lol and all the snow around makes it worse bro😂 but it's a nice place. I Just couldn't hack it though.. Its Waaaaayyy different from the West. I didn't see no spanish people up there.. Let alone a Mexican restaurant lol because i shore was looking for one. But one thing is for sure... You will feel much more comfortable in California.. Its just super expensive
Seeing you bite into that lobster roll was the best part of this video!
Im 43 been in maine since i was a lio kid. York county
I want to move to Maine for the lobster rolls alone 🤷🏽♀️. The coast, lighthouses, seasons, snow, and liberal blue are all HUGE pros….but…..lobster rolls 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
Maine has virtually no gun laws. Not so blue is it
It’s a beautiful state for sure but you might be disappointed with the political scene. I think Trump got 44% percent of our votes in 2020. Generally if you’re along the coast it’s more of a blue state though. Places like Portland and Belfast could be worth looking into.
Stay in southern maine then because if you bring that blue up to the second district we'll run you over and go back over you a few more times for entertainment. Stupid fucks. Destroy the nation every time you get the chance to show us how you "do it better." This is some world you're creating; Illinois, California, Washington, now you're dragging Oregon under. Stay out. We don't want your delusional hell. 🏳️🌈&🗳️🔴🔴🔴🔴
What about cost of living, salary wages an housing prices as a local what are your thoughts
Im posting a video about cost of living this soon! taking a little longer to edit than expected haha! Are you thinking about moving up here?
@@BradStephens Yeah me an my wife have been looking at maine as very appealing option also have been looking at buying a land there pretty appealing prices too
@@BLACKMAGICWOMAN98 for sure- happy to help you find something when you're ready. Shoot me an email - BradStephens34@kw.com and we can go from there!
Something to think about; property tax, it’s different in every town. Anywhere on the coast is expensive to live. Do you like beaches, we have enough lakes/waterways!
I recently moved from Maine to Minneapolis and I love where I live now. Having spent nearly all of my 40 years in Maine I can emphatically say that the best years of my life were going to school in Boston and these last two years living out West. Every facet of my life is better now, its so hard to even compare Third World Maine to the capital of the Great Lakes. Things he forgot to mention:
Maine has one of the worst opiate problems in the country. Maine has more methadone clinics than states 4-10X their population.
Alcoholism is rampant in fact in the 1800's the Temperance movement was started there. There was one distillery for every square block of city space and they rang the church bells at 10am and 2pm for what locals called Rum Hour. Everyone would pound spirits for an hour and go back to work.Even in 2020 Maine ranks as one of the worst states for alcohol addiction nationally.
Maine has one of the highest rates of births resulting in mental or physical disability. No one wants to talk about why twice as many people there are born incapacitated than in any other part of the US.
Maine is the only New England state with a history of extensive KKK membership. Racism is abundant there given the fact that in the 1920's almost 50% of the state were card carrying, dues paying members of the Klan. I worked for a local pizza chain when I was young and met the family who actually founded the KKK in Maine(the family that owns _ats Pizza). The most disgusting, misogynist hate filled rednecks I've ever met.
The job market is abysmal and wages are even worse; you can kiss your career goodbye. The only people who seemed to thrive there were retirees and trust fund kids.
The cost of living is deceptively high; income and sales taxes are on par with national numbers but property taxes are far higher than other states and you get less in return. Imagine paying $5000-7000 / year in property tax on an avg. priced house and not even having running water or trash removal provided.
Electricity, natural gas, heating oil, car insurance, food and clothes are all more expensive than national averages by a factor of 1.5-2X.
Aroostook county is one of the fastest growing centers for methamphetamine arrests in the country.
Lyme Disease is rampant and if the ticks don't carry Lyme they probably have have Anaplasmosis, babesiosis, Rocky Mountain Spotted fever or worse. I once found 14 ticks on myself after a walk in the woods.
Crime is under reported for more reasons than I can get into. Half my friends were diddled or raped growing up and schools, parents and authorities always looked the other way. That sort of thing doesn't happen here, its all good people here they would say. Nevertheless Maine has a higher rate of sexual assault and child molestation, as do most rural states.
And just in case you're still reading; the locals are rude, insular, they have an inscrutable form of Pigeon English only they can speak and they smell like the mold covered trailers they all live in.
Darling. I'm familiar with the greater portion of Maine. You don't have a clue about some of the things you're talking about. Racism? Really? You really believe that? It's not true. There are racists in every state but our instance is very low per capita. So you know one family that might have a hate problem. I doubt very much that family is still that way. Have eaten in Orono all my young and adult life. They love and treat everyone equally. You're not seeing the whole picture. We're largely accepting.
Alcoholism? Maybe. Nothing like Colorado. Colorado is disgustingly drunk and my jaw dropped when I got there and saw all the liquor stores in every town and city. They're everywhere and the people are pounding cases of bear and bottles of liquor all over the place each and every day.
Yes, we have a massive drug problem and our former Governor was not wrong when he said men are bringing up carloads of narcotics and getting our women pregnant. It was controversial that he named black men in particular but the police arrests in the news have confirmed the narrative. It truly is predominantly black males from New York and Massachusetts.
lol @bradley no comment on the sexual abuse tho yikes!
@@kikih6389 you're reading too much into it. You really want to talk about kids being sexually abused? That's disgusting and what's more disgusting is the amount of children I've met in colorado who all have sexual abuse stories. It's absolute filth.
@@bradleymiller437 Colorado and Maine, both rural states with high rates of sexual assault. Thank you for proving my point.
Wao very interesting, in the north is not so cold, but maybe because I am from NYC. Well Maine is Awesome.
Hey man, i love the content. Hope to see more from you!
I live in Las Vegas, Nevada and planning on moving to Maine (huge change I know!). I’m excited but scared. Thank you for the video!
Honestly, northern maine begins at Bangor in my eyes. Augusta being central, York being south. Despite Bangor not being anywhere close to the actual northern region of Maine
Agreed. I’ve lived here my whole life and I’ve been north of Old Town/Orono twice; once by accident.
I live in Connecticut :( literally counting the days until I can move up :)
Same
I moved out of Connecticut last year too far south eastern Maine. I absolutely love it here & so much more affordable than CT. The south eastern end of Maine has less tourism, more rural & affordable.
Best of luck
I've lived here for 43 years um moving out west .yes its pretty here but more cons then pros for this girl
Can you explain? I’m wanting to move to Maine and would love to hear all the cons!!
Realy expensive property tax snow cold
We’re actually in kittery looking at York /kittery/ Portsmouth/Portland and concord but feel in love with York and kittery. We’re from Texas but relocating for job reasons and soooo in love so far
The coast is fantastic to visit and good if you need lots of work options but up north are where the cheap property is at, especially if you can work remote.