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.

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.