Hello all my fellow Mainers!! New to posting here on BYC. I live in Greene and have a flock of 15 hens and a rooster. I have a few EE's and looking for some olive eggers. If you have any suggestions let me know!
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Hello all my fellow Mainers!! New to posting here on BYC. I live in Greene and have a flock of 15 hens and a rooster. I have a few EE's and looking for some olive eggers. If you have any suggestions let me know!
Hello Everyone~
I'm a Marine who has been out traveling the world and enjoying a very intersting life.
But its time to settle down and get back to my roots, so I've got a short list of places I am looking at relocating to, as you can guess Maine is one of them.
The eastern and northern parts fo the state look attractive, but its a big place with a lot to discover, so
Does anyone have any advice, stories, or just interesting stuff to say to someone who is thinking about moving out there?
I plan to start a farm with a good sized flock.
Probably wont ever be commercial, but a great place to get in touch with the land while I pay for it with a real job.
Any advice would be most appriciated.
I'm a Marine who has been out traveling the world and enjoying a very intersting life.
But its time to settle down and get back to my roots, so I've got a short list of places I am looking at relocating to, as you can guess Maine is one of them.
The eastern and northern parts fo the state look attractive, but its a big place with a lot to discover, so
Does anyone have any advice, stories, or just interesting stuff to say to someone who is thinking about moving out there?
I plan to start a farm with a good sized flock.
Probably wont ever be commercial, but a great place to get in touch with the land while I pay for it with a real job.
Any advice would be most appriciated.
Welcome back and thank you for your service.
Maine doesn't really have good paying jobs. Especially up north, but that can be true for the rest of the state. You don't mention your skills or education, so I made a broad statement there. Land is cheap up here, but the winters are harsh. You'll spend a lot of money and effort in the winter to keep everything warm, and the growing season is short.
That being said, I love it up here, most of the time. I'm a transplant from Maryland. I'm lucky to have a good job that pays for my farming (mis)adventures, mortgage, and heat.
What other places are on your short list?
I moved to Maine years ago. Coastal Maine likes newcomers. Interior Maine is more "hillbilly" and doesn't like folks from "away" so much.
Maine is far from EVERYTHING.
Get a truck
welcome!
I should have hatching eggs later in the spring. Or if I hatch too many, I may have birds to sell, but that is a long way off.
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Welcome Chickenpecker!
As far as moving to Maine...I moved here from a biiiiig city in Canada and have lived here and there around the USA. Here are some things I have learned or think about maine:
Things I love:
- natural beauty. Not just the Ocean, the forests and hills are amazing
- Slow pace of life - compared to say LA or Toronto it is nice and laid back here
- Good restaurants in Portland and elsewhere
- Close enough to Boston to make a day visit of it when you miss a "real" city.
- People are generally nice and helpful - granted I am a white, english speaker. It might be a different experience if you are visibly "different"
- Fishing!
- Four seasons
- Cheap land and reasonable houses
- You dont have to drive miles out of portland to get to the country
Things I dont love
- lack of good cheap ethnic food
- Lack of human diversity
- Bad public transportation'
- not so much the cold...but the long darkness in winter
- Peoples attitudes towards those needing social assistance
- Coffee brandy, bath salts and the like of redneck drugs
- LePage.
- Oil heat for everything.....I am a fan of natural gas.
We initially thought about living in northern Maine but, after visiting, and realizing the are NO JOBS up there, except maybe a job at the school in Orno we decided on Portland and then moved outside town a few years later. There is acreage to be found close to the city but not in huge chunks generally.
As far as moving to Maine...I moved here from a biiiiig city in Canada and have lived here and there around the USA. Here are some things I have learned or think about maine:
Things I love:
- natural beauty. Not just the Ocean, the forests and hills are amazing
- Slow pace of life - compared to say LA or Toronto it is nice and laid back here
- Good restaurants in Portland and elsewhere
- Close enough to Boston to make a day visit of it when you miss a "real" city.
- People are generally nice and helpful - granted I am a white, english speaker. It might be a different experience if you are visibly "different"
- Fishing!
- Four seasons
- Cheap land and reasonable houses
- You dont have to drive miles out of portland to get to the country
Things I dont love
- lack of good cheap ethnic food
- Lack of human diversity
- Bad public transportation'
- not so much the cold...but the long darkness in winter
- Peoples attitudes towards those needing social assistance
- Coffee brandy, bath salts and the like of redneck drugs
- LePage.
- Oil heat for everything.....I am a fan of natural gas.
We initially thought about living in northern Maine but, after visiting, and realizing the are NO JOBS up there, except maybe a job at the school in Orno we decided on Portland and then moved outside town a few years later. There is acreage to be found close to the city but not in huge chunks generally.
Maine is Beautiful, and is a great place to have a farm- that being said- like other people have mentioned, jobs are harder to come by here- depending on what you do. Also, in the places where the land is cheapest, there are less jobs. There are plenty of places in Maine where you can get 50 acres for around 20,000-30,000 ( or less!) but you may be an hour away from work. Southern Maine ( Freeport and south) is more expensive to live, but there are more jobs. Eastern Maine ( down east) is a tough spot- depending on where you are- land and houses can cost TONS of money ( closer to the coast) but if you go inland a bit, you might find a real deal- but like northern Maine, a lot of eastern Maine does not have a lot to offer in the form of work- Washington County is the poorest county in the state.
BUT all of this being said- I have lived here my whole life, and I love it. I will never move.
Thanks so much for all the replies.
Its sounding very similar to where I grew up in Michigan, the further noth you go the less of about everything but nature.
Kind of why I liked the idea of moving out there.
To answer the education question, GBA - Pre Law.
Didnt do me much in the economic crisis, had the perfect timing to graduate in 2008, been overseas ever since.
Plenty of work in education and even have my own company, but its not a good long term thing.
Planning on looking for government or other jobs that my disabled vet status can kick open for me.
Completely understand the not from here aspect of country living. Luckily I've been able to make life work when I couldnt even talk to people, so I'm sure that will be a minor thing.
Also respect that city transition, after a while it just closes in on you. I have to say even now toronto or LA would feel wide open after Tokyo, Hong Kong, Seoul and Shenzhen.
The short list is Wyoming (wide open spaces), Michigan (grew up there), Maine (always interested me), North Carolina (big Marine base) and Kentucky (born there)
Jobs are scarse now, and that will most likely be the final decision, however with the savings I have I could just blow it all on a farm and see what happens.
Intersting decisions coming up.
Thanks again for the input.
Its sounding very similar to where I grew up in Michigan, the further noth you go the less of about everything but nature.
Kind of why I liked the idea of moving out there.
To answer the education question, GBA - Pre Law.
Didnt do me much in the economic crisis, had the perfect timing to graduate in 2008, been overseas ever since.
Plenty of work in education and even have my own company, but its not a good long term thing.
Planning on looking for government or other jobs that my disabled vet status can kick open for me.
Completely understand the not from here aspect of country living. Luckily I've been able to make life work when I couldnt even talk to people, so I'm sure that will be a minor thing.
Also respect that city transition, after a while it just closes in on you. I have to say even now toronto or LA would feel wide open after Tokyo, Hong Kong, Seoul and Shenzhen.
The short list is Wyoming (wide open spaces), Michigan (grew up there), Maine (always interested me), North Carolina (big Marine base) and Kentucky (born there)
Jobs are scarse now, and that will most likely be the final decision, however with the savings I have I could just blow it all on a farm and see what happens.
Intersting decisions coming up.
Thanks again for the input.
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