Are you new to northern Maine? Researchers from the University of New Hampshire want to hear from you!MisterMan-Maine t1_jece7zx wrote
What the fuck is up with the selection of counties?
DirigoBlu t1_jechd28 wrote
Basically, it's are you new to anywhere in Maine other than Portland?
MisterMan-Maine t1_jechlz8 wrote
Except it isn't, Waldo county and knox county aren't included, yet they included Oxford is which goes more south than waldo, same with Hancock.
DirigoBlu t1_jeciqes wrote
I was mostly just being flip, but now I'm interested in this mystery. Maybe they're excluding any counties that have decent sized towns on south and midcoast (i.e. the most common landing spots for Maine immigrants)?
MisterMan-Maine t1_jecj0lt wrote
Yeah but they have penobscot county which has Bangor, which is like the 3rd largest city in our state.
DirigoBlu t1_jecve1a wrote
Bangor’s not on the coast, so my hypothesis still applies. Also, as a resident of Bangtown, I can confidently say that we’re not a prime destination for former Manhattanites.
rectumish t1_jed0r9f wrote
we're too good for them anyway !
Lady-Kat1969 t1_jed3hrk wrote
Oxford also goes up to the Canadian border.
DKY_207 t1_jecyaqr wrote
They got the 5 I consider to be Northern Maine
20thMaine t1_jefl27f wrote
It’s the most rural counties, most of which are also the northernmost or more northern than the more populated ones…
The population of all of those counties is less than a third of the overall state population.
460K out of 1.37mil (2020 and 2021 numbers)
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