You don’t understand burning wood for heat or it’s implications.

Give it time. Land close to the ocean is cheap up here compared to the rest of the country. As warming trends continue more people will consider migrating north. Climate migration is already beginning and will accelerate in the years to come. Hell my wife and I moved here because the cost of living is considerably cheaper than other coastal areas.

Not universally true, but it usually starts with the drug addiction. Most people have a basic support system of family and friends to at least get a roof over their head if something catastrophic happens. Addicts spend years destroying every relationship they've ever had until they get to the point where no one will help them anymore. It's fucked up that we as a society can't get our shit together to provide basic psychological healthcare to people. Most don't become drug addicts without some deep seated mental problems in the first place. Moreover those "catastrophic" things that cause people living paycheck to paycheck to become homeless in the first place are often medical related expenses. Yet we elect politicians driven by corporate interests who will never pass universal healthcare and will continue to spend trillions on corporate welfare (eg defense spending, bailouts, tax breaks, incentives, etc). I guess CEOs need bigger bonuses then people need basic healthcare or a warm bed that's not inside a private prison.

I mean it is already being overrun by a new wave of well heeled political reactionaries who, while loving their gas guzzlers and showing no comprehension of the greater global drivers of climate change, love to lecture on what we need to do to make ME better for them, and by extension the environment.

So yeah we have/are already being overrun by the Bill Gates brand of eco warrior.

What, fly in a private jet less? Nah that won't make a difference.

Burn wood in a stove to stay warm? Yeah you are fucking killing your unborn great great grandchildren via asphyxiation

How the fuck that guy, who stole Windows and thus billions from others and who paved the way for the antitrust doesn't apply if you get big enough fast enough model, became/was propped up as the beacon of environmental ethics is beyond me.

Bill Gates is just another example of the problem trying to pose as a provider of solutions. Maine is being overrun by that ilk for sure

201, especially between Moscow and The Forks.

Look, I’m simply saying, in response to the two specific barriers that the article speaks of, that there are possible solutions. The article itself totally glosses over the very struggles that you pointed out. No where in my response did I say/infer that these solutions were simple or easy. Homelessness is a very complex situation and full of Catch-22s. If the solutions were easy and simple, there’d, obviously, be much fewer homeless people. If you want to gently and humbly chide anyone, start with the organizations who put fluffy incomplete information out there, the legislators, policymakers, and the others who are in decision-making positions be it private or public.

No experience with Fidium but I’ve had Consolidated (formerly Fairpoint) business fiber for 2+ years and it’s been rock solid. No outages and I reliably get +- 2Mbps of the speed I’m paying for. There was a big ass tree that broke the power lines and was hanging on Consolidated’s bundle for days and the fiber kept working like a champ.

God I hope so, maybe then the food here won't suck balls anymore.

The earth is coming out of a ice age. Yep its gona warm up

Just had someone tonight made with venison, delicious.

Hi 👋🏼 I work with the homeless population in Maine. You’re forgetting a number of barriers: transportation to and from the mail box you mentioned, being allowed to open and possess a bank account if you have poor credit (ran into this recently with a client), and I have NEVER seen a client who’s phone bill is only $15/month, typically it’s more like $45. Just quit cigarettes? If it was that easy, no one would smoke. I could go on and on but I would just gently and humbly remind you that things are not as easy as you’re making it seem.

I don’t think a depopulating state in desperate need of workers and a tax base is in danger of being overrun.

We listened to “Last Seen” https://www.wbur.org/lastseen/2022/11/29/truth-about-quebecs-chinese-pie-pate-chinois Fascinating and sad-food historian traces how Shepards pie became “China” pie

No. We will be climate migration. If global warming gets that bad. It would effect other places first but we'd be flooded out very quickly. If climate changes get that bad we will be one of the effected areas. The bad part of climate migrants is it will push people inland to avoid the extreme weather and rising sea-level. Most inferstructure in the world us on a coast. Most cities are. It's gonna be an inferstructurely nightmare. And it's preventable right now. We can't stop what's been done but we can prevent catastrophe if we change course.

I have the gig speed Fidium service and it is solid.

Can confirm!

That’s why we moved here years ago. Writing was on the wall, figured we’d move north before prices went insane. No regrets, love it here.

Being next to an ocean AND a Great Lake (largest source of freshwater on the planet) is a great spot to be. We gon be living in a rainforest in 50y

Yo are you a Tuckerite??

US should adopt what Canada has done and ban every overseas country from buying mass properties. But we all know or should know that a lot of the politicians on both sides are bought and paid for

i relocated to ME/NB for several reasons, climate change being one of them. That said climate crisis has to worsen before people decide to uproot their households and move from say WA to northeast in numbers.

It was 15 minutes away even with the shitty weather.

Rt 113 (the part they close in winter)

Rt 27 (all of it is great but the northern half from Augusta to Canada is the best)

US 201 (this time from Skowvegas to Canada)

Rt 220 from Waldoboro to Unity

And finally, any road that doesn’t have any lines painted on it, that has no visible power lines, and no houses: e.g. the Mayall RD in Gray. It’s short, but sweet

Yeah, I’ve been to a few churches in the Bangor area - they love the verses where you get to judge, skip the ones about helping your fellow man.

I had a roommate from Van Buren and he would let out stream ending in “ Calvar” which he said was French for Calvary.