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LorthNeeda t1_j2jf7bw wrote

Reply to comment by weakenedstrain in Machete Attacker in Times Square from Wells by bleahdeebleah

Manhattenization? Where in Maine is even remotely close to anything like Manhattan?

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Brodaeus t1_j2jqiu3 wrote

I think they’re referring to the influx of New Yorkers that move here because our grossly overinflated rent/real estate is considered cheap to them.

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Sea_Tracker t1_j2k4ccm wrote

Now that work from home has become more scarce, it might slow down a bit.

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weakenedstrain t1_j2k5mt8 wrote

More like Brooklynification (for now), but since the attack happened in Manhattan I thought I’d go with that.

Neither of those are really that accurate, they’re more metaphors for what’s happening in Portland: rising rents, rising prices, abundance of short term rentals, expensive drinks, and folks from NYC buying up second homes or wfh homes.

You are correct, though. Portland is not Manhattan.

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N0mad87 t1_j2lmeyw wrote

I live in the area. When covid hit in that first month we all saw exactly how many New Yorkers have beach houses in Maine. It looked like a Manhattan rush hour at Hannafords in March. A really weird sight to see

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