Thinking about Moving to Maine

(If the wrong area please move) I'm done with Colorado summers and it's people, been here for 6 years now. I grew up in north Idaho, western Montana and eastern Washington area and miss the trees, water, winter, and countryside. But the wife is from California and can't handle the constant cloud cover and I'm looking for some place with winter that's sunny. Maine is pretty sunny in the winter, I'm told. Does anyone concur or disagree?

I hate moving but I'm having a hard time seeing much future here plus I miss the work I did in Idaho; logging equipment, some quarry stuff, etc. In Colorado its scrapers and excavators only with a few other things thrown in here and there. I've been looking at jobs and the only ones I see are down by Portland, ME which isn't really where we want to be from online looking, crowded mostly. Does anyone know of anything not being advertised the usual means; indeed, craigslist, etc?

Trying to move and find our hopefully forever place while the economy is half way going. So I appreciate all the help.

Come on way up north. Don't mind the bugs.... no poison snakes or spiders. I'm just across the border in New Brunswick, so the weather is probably close to the same. The winters have been a lot milder the last few years. Mind you the mosquitos are wore this year than I have ever seen

ianjoub said:

https://www.google.com/search?q=mai...gAgAGKAYgB6AiSAQM1LjaYAQCgAQE&sclient=gws-wiz

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Idaho had some version of this but probably not as bad. Florida has it much worse in my opinion.

Zewnten said:

Idaho had some version of this but probably not as bad. Florida has it much worse in my opinion.

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The love bugs don't bite, just make a mess of vehicles.
The yellow flies are nasty, but only last a few weeks per year.
We don't have many mosquitos.
The noseeums are horrible, last most of the year, but are only for 90 minutes at daybreak and dusk.

We left TN on Thursday after dealing with high humidity and 96-97 degrees most days. Now in Maine. Arrived yesterday morning to 46 degrees and rain. Sure glad I put a wood stove in the camp a couple years ago but I wish I had the wife pack a few heavy shirts. Here at the coast, we expect days of fog and rain. Inland can be much nicer during the summer but winters can really drag on. It's all about what you are comfortable with in dealing with weather. Maine gets a lot more winter sun than Tennessee ever does. Tennessee winters are mild but dreary-cloudy days last for months during winter in the south.

Maine has its charms. Portland is too liberal and too crowded for me but the northern counties are conservative and rural which is what I like. If you are self sufficient and crave isolation, Maine is great. If you want freedom from constrictive laws, not so much. It's fine for our vacation destination and visiting her family but we will never live in New England again. I've had a taste of freedom and sanity - no going back to the insanity for me. For me, freedom is much more important than money. One man's paradise is another man's prison. With the exception of rural Maine, New England is my hell. Thankfully, alcohol is a good coping mechanism and readily available when I'm parked long enough to enjoy some.

I really like Southern Chile and Argentina when I took a short trip down there.
Lot's of logging going on too.
https://m.facebook.com/afmforest/posts/1489278387815079?locale2=hi_IN
https://www.tigercat.com/case_study/steep-slope-logging-chile/

Andes (I am told) are just like the Rockies, with the Dark blue "Big sky" sunshine.

And I found no bugs around.

If you’ve ever watched an episode of NORTH WOODS LAW.. you’ll know that it’s illegal to have fun up there.!!!

Have I got a deal for you! Wife and I are look to relocate to Texas and my house will be for sale. No neighbors, town with a population of 1000, located in central Maine. Bonus- once I leave their will be a handful of businesses in need of a mechanic!

Mike L said:

Have I got a deal for you! Wife and I are look to relocate to Texas and my house will be for sale. No neighbors, town with a population of 1000, located in central Maine. Bonus- once I leave their will be a handful of businesses in need of a mechanic!

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Haha gotta hide this post from the wife, sounds like a good deal though. We had been looking at texas as I mentioned before but when she found out she'd have to rehome her dog, St Bernaird, she said no had to move somewhere cold instead. Not that my dog is any hto weather dog.

digger doug said:

I really like Southern Chile and Argentina when I took a short trip down there.
Lot's of logging going on too.
https://m.facebook.com/afmforest/posts/1489278387815079?locale2=hi_IN
https://www.tigercat.com/case_study/steep-slope-logging-chile/

Andes (I am told) are just like the Rockies, with the Dark blue "Big sky" sunshine.

And I found no bugs around.

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Knew some families that moved to Chile and were visiting the US. They made it sound like Chile was very restrictive but maybe they were just trying to keep the place to themselves.

Oh....I just want to know where in CO are you, and what are the issues there? Is everyone there left of center? I really love the atmosphere there but admit I have not been able to spend any real time there. Just tourist type stuff. I am so very tired of flat and boring. I no longer have ties with my kids, ex, etc. Would be great to just move on.

You guys can have Texas. It's just to dang hot here. I am going to the mountains where it's cool and there's an actual winter.

fastline said:

Oh....I just want to know where in CO are you, and what are the issues there? Is everyone there left of center? I really love the atmosphere there but admit I have not been able to spend any real time there. Just tourist type stuff. I am so very tired of flat and boring. I no longer have ties with my kids, ex, etc. Would be great to just move on.

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Basically Denver now. Was a decent amount of the old cowboys and farmers around but they're all getting pushed out by man bun types and property prices. All the old guard company owners are gone and the new managers are useless and full of smoke. I miss the cranky loggers and farmers from my old home town got sh** done and their word was good, but they're all gone now too. Everyone here is out for themselves and everyone else can **** off. Lot of people are calling it Colo-fornia. Politics are very much based on how close your neighbors are here, left o9f center and left-left of center in the city with the pretend farmers that way too. The family property kind are conservative.

Colorado really started the left wing slide back in the early 90's. Californians were flocking there by the thousands back then. I remember seeing big billboards that read, "Don't Californicate Colorado".

Zewnten said:

Basically Denver now. Was a decent amount of the old cowboys and farmers around but they're all getting pushed out by man bun types and property prices. All the old guard company owners are gone and the new managers are useless and full of smoke. I miss the cranky loggers and farmers from my old home town got sh** done and their word was good, but they're all gone now too. Everyone here is out for themselves and everyone else can **** off. Lot of people are calling it Colo-fornia. Politics are very much based on how close your neighbors are here, left o9f center and left-left of center in the city with the pretend farmers that way too. The family property kind are conservative.

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Just totally sickens me!!!!!! Like more than you know. I'm at the edge of just trying to leave this country because I can see what is coming. Men in skinny jeans and man buns cannot do a single thing to build ANYTHING!!!! 2000y ago, you try that, you die. today we foster weak gayness.

They are going to take any and all. CA is a nice state. It is now shi&!!!. They ruin it, then move to the next. Their target is TX. CO is such a WOW state for me in terms of mountains and wildlife, but of course, the man buns needs to take that.

Funny last I was in Colorado back in 2012 they were complaining in Leadville that the Texans were invading and changing things that I shouldn't mention to anyone I was from Texas when I was there.
On another note, who would want to live in state you can't have cool toys in... Buy a military vehicle and it's illegal for on road use and can't be titled anymore, everyone that had a title from past decades are no longer able to be registered.

Mike L said:

Have I got a deal for you! Wife and I are look to relocate to Texas and my house will be for sale. No neighbors, town with a population of 1000, located in central Maine. Bonus- once I leave their will be a handful of businesses in need of a mechanic!

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You know its hotter than Hades in Texas.........right?

WHAT?!?! The brochure said nothing of this! Actually we lived in uvalde from 2013-15 and I worked in the oilfield so we have an idea of what we’re getting into. We’ve had enough of the cold weather and a few of the other things that come with living in New England and we’re ready to go back. Actually flying into Texas in a couple weeks to go house shopping.

I leaved in Colorado in the 80s for a little over a year we lived close to Colorado Springs the winter was alot milder than Mo. It was a big eye opener for me they were years ahead of every thing i saw people do things out in public that you heard about but you didnt even see in the movies. I am glade i got to see the mountains but i dodnt care if i ever go back. I have a buddy that has land out there he tells me stories about how much it cost to live out there its not good.