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Maine

3Hotdogs

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14. Portland was funky and wonderful before the waterfront area gentrified.

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Reply #13)

Fri Mar 19, 2021, 11:11 PM

Mar 2021

I don't need to go to Portland to see a Starbucks and Gap.

Use'ta have the art movie house and the $6.00 movie house that was subsidized by the city. There was the store with the antique bottles in the window, Gritty McDuffs (may still be there).

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Where do I want to visit/possibly live in Maine? [View all] Kashkakat v.2.0 Mar 2021 OP

Brunswick James48 Mar 2021 #1

Spent a lot of... 2naSalit Mar 2021 #8

You want to drive the coast from Kittery to Bar Harbor. 3Hotdogs Mar 2021 #2

Rockland (coast) eShirl Mar 2021 #3

Anywhere from rockland to Belfast GPV Mar 2021 #5

Portland n/t gay texan Mar 2021 #4

No, not Portland left-of-center2012 Mar 2021 #12

Kittery is nice. Small, right across the bridge from Portsmouth, NH Bristlecone Mar 2021 #6

Lewiston/Auburn ("Greater L/A") is the 2nd largest "metropolitan" area, and a college town (Bates). eppur_se_muova Mar 2021 #7

I've been having thoughts of... 2naSalit Mar 2021 #9

I haven't been in 3 years. I miss it. 3Hotdogs Mar 2021 #10

I second the Portland area. Beautiful old town with lots to do. Been there a few times mitch96 Mar 2021 #11

no, not Portland left-of-center2012 Mar 2021 #13

Portland was funky and wonderful before the waterfront area gentrified. 3Hotdogs Mar 2021 #14

Cost of living has gone so high left-of-center2012 Mar 2021 #15