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Existing_Bat1939 t1_j297q47 wrote

I think the low density really helped our Covid rates stay manageable.

Cons, if you're in IT there's a definite Maine penalty when it comes to salaries vs Mass.

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SyntheticCorners28 t1_j2arm65 wrote

Penalties in almost every industry as far as pay goes. People say the cost of living up here is less but it sure doesn't feel like it.

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metalandmeeples t1_j2bneth wrote

It's less a Maine penalty and more a Mass bonus. Mass has some of the highest salaries in the nation, 25% above the US median, whereas Maine is 9% below.

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Existing_Bat1939 t1_j2cohuq wrote

But it's been thus for years, going back to the 90s or earlier when Mass. was coping with the collapse of the minicomputer industry.

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