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[deleted] t1_irypbxr wrote

Reply to comment by Huge_Strain_8714 in Portland and Lewiston? by Huge_Strain_8714

Our definition of "unsafe" is skewed sometimes because of Maine's extremely low crime rate. It's the safest state in the union. Lewiston has a bad reputation locally but even its bad neighborhoods are safer than 99% of the rest of the country. (And Lewiston doesn't really deserve its reputation anymore, it's a lot better than it used to be.)

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MaineMota t1_irysxrr wrote

You clearly aren’t from the area. Come take a nightly stroll.

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Commercial-Amount344 t1_irz27my wrote

I walk through the tree streets from work at 1am - 3am its safe as can be. Its nothing like MO or IL or TX. Now there you will get killed real fast.

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Huge_Strain_8714 OP t1_iryrrhy wrote

Ok, I see. Now it all makes sense. Thanks for the insight.

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MaineMota t1_iryt7gp wrote

If you love fentanyl the you’d love Lewiston. Complimentary sharp containers on every corner too!!

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incompleteTHOT t1_iryx5tc wrote

The opioid epidemic is nationwide and we know that it hit working-class white communities the hardest. Lewiston is no exception. Would you prefer the city pretend the opioid crisis is not happening and not take any measures to reduce its associated harms? Do you think the presence of fentanyl in the drug supply that kills two Mainers per day is something funny to joke about?

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[deleted] t1_irz0q8j wrote

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NoTennis7892 t1_irz1662 wrote

I work on Main Street in Lewiston and I am a young woman and I walk alone after dark alone regularly with zero problems. “You choose to do drugs” ha get a newer and hotter take bro. Not worth it for me to engage further with stupidity though. Good luck out there!

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