Oh, if theres a vacant position on the economic council, ya should fill it...
my dear friends who offered their home for us after 5 nights says Maine is the poorest state in the country... celll...
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That would mean that I'm interested in increasing the Maine economy, along with the increased population, congestion, infrastructure, crime,
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That couldn't be further from the truth; we adore living in a quiet, rural area and actively sought that for retirement. Like many local full-time residents, we avoid the crowded tourist-invaded areas in the summer, only to reemerge in the fall when the hoards have retreated.
During my formative years on LI, I grew up in a very rural and quiet area, Sound Beach. We purchased milk at a working dairy, bought produce at a truck farm, peaches from Davis Peach Farm, and the "big town" for groceries was 5 miles away, Pt. Jeff Station. It was a 1/4 mile walk to the beach and a quick trip to Mt. Sinai Harbor for clams and oyster collecting. Of course, these are memories, as the dairy are condos, the truck farm is houses, as the peach farm is, IIRC, pulling LI OFF the retirement location list.
Those specifications were paramount in our search for a retirement site, and we even upgraded with "Town" being 10 miles away, and the boat, oysters and clams are sitting in the backyard. Why would I spend any time at all trying to ruin where I live? I have enough agita taking care of a 198 year old lighthouse, but that's a labor of love...
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