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[deleted] t1_ivwssq5 wrote

Reply to comment by Eleanor-Hoesevelt in The accuracy. by CandlesandMakeuo

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Outrageous_Extension t1_ivxt7ql wrote

Lot of Mainers move out West, but because Maine is proportionally about .4% of the US population it blends.

I'm a transplant from the West coast and all my young Maine friends are moving to Seattle, Oregon, and Bay Area. But then all the 40 something's in Maine say that's common and they'll move back once they start a family.

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efshoemaker t1_ivy9tbf wrote

> But then all the 40 something’s in Maine say that’s common and they’ll move back once they start a family.

Not anymore. This was always my plan, but the housing market is so out of control that we’re stuck in the Midwest.

By the time we can afford a down payment on a house near my family in southern maine the kids are going to be in like middle school and I’m not sure we’ll want to move them at that age.

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Outrageous_Extension t1_ivyaehc wrote

Very true, Maine is by far the most expensive state I've lived in which includes California, Oregon, Alaska, and Washington. Both the rent and the food. It is certainly nice here, and I moved because there was opportunity in my field but the costs are obscene.

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Shilo788 t1_ivzaw8i wrote

I live in the County and I found food and gas, propane cheaper than PA. I do use farm stands and buy in bulk when I can.

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Aggressive_FIamingo t1_ivx1p8u wrote

My high school likes to have national reunions - if they find out there are a lot of former students in a particular city they'll plan an event in that city, and there were a solid 30 people at one in Los Angeles, which surprised me. Like 8 people alone from my graduating class of less than 300 students.

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pukkileroux t1_iw014tb wrote

Hey, I'm in Sacramento and probably know three families that you know. We're basically related.

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