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I have family in Maine and have spent alot of time there recently. The voters up there are schizophrenic. Very little makes any sense. A high tax state, high co
by paleotrope 5y ago
I have family in Maine and have spent alot of time there recently. The voters up there are schizophrenic. Very little makes any sense. A high tax state, high cost of living that is 1/2 retirees from southern new england, 1/2 dirt poor people. They vote against anything that would improve their economic conditions. It's like Alaska and Florida combined without oil or sun.
- TrisMcC 5y agoThis is a warped view of Maine's demographics and pretty insulting.
- lovich 5y agoI live near enough to the border that most of Maine is a day trip away and that’s the impression I get from local news, and friends and family living in Maine. Only other stereotype I can recall being told on top of the GP is that it’s very insular and if you’re not a Maine native then don’t expect to ever win an election. Again all anecdotal but it’s what your neighbors think of you at least
- catawbasam 5y agoA local term for one group of neighbors is "Massholes", so guess the feeling is mutual.
- lovich 5y agoYea, and I don’t know anyone from the area whose been called that and didn’t at least begrudgingly accept it. Sometimes the nicknames are accurate
- spywaregorilla 5y agoMassholes use this term as well, so, not too bad.
- danielsju6 5y agoHow would this help Maine’s economic conditions? The lease for the land was something like $4k/yr, would result in no permanent jobs, no power delivery to Maine, no lower rates, and was railroaded through by our last and very unpopular tea-party governor. CMP is beyond hated in Maine too. They need to bring something to the negotiation table IMO.