Mainers don’t seem to use the front doors. or try to impress people here, which is nice, but also why so many people are walking around in sweatpants at Mardens

Your answer has been basically answered with all the multiple reply's. one more I'll add is that the obvious for emergency, cause the local fire dept. actually requires a certain number of doors on a house for multiple exits. and technically not suppose to be blocked.

Personal favorite: Maine houses with front doors but no front steps🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️

I was so excited to read your response; I had a chance to catch up on my podcast during a long drive this weekend and heard the episode from December 2022 in which a caller phoned in with this phrase that she had learned as a child in Montana. What a coincidence! I love listening to you and Martha, "A Way With Words" has been a longtime favorite podcast for years.

UPS left a package on our front door and we just assumed porch pirates for three days until glimpsing it by accident.

I only shovel a path in the snow for the oil man. Side door is for all.

such a weird album. in case you were interested, VOX did A good story about it a while back.

https://youtu.be/58nPEe-TU-w

Onion, green pepper (I like to use half bell pepper and half poblano), celery - chopped and sauteed. About a pound of hamburger sauted with a few good dashe of Worcestershire sauce. A can of stewed tomatoes plus a can of tomato sauce. Chili powder And, 4-5 slices of American cheese. (Oh yea, and don't forget the macaroni lol)

Damn down vote city. Im going back to just posting photos.

The thing is, and this is always what you people gleefully gloss over, is that it should take thousands of years to make this kind of temperature change, not tens.

Yessah

Okay. That makes more sense. Thanks for sharing.

Mud season and snow season.

ODonnels in gorham I think. Portland Farmers Market vendors have seedlings from later April to June

Most people only the use the back door, esp during the 11 months in winter

Whatley Farm has a great selection of seedlings every spring. They have a farmstand in Topsham and are always at both Brunswick farmer's markets.

Already happening. It’s a big reason my husband and I moved here, we consider ourselves one of the first and I have met a few others that have done the same for the same reasons. Sorry Mainers!

It’s Maine, you enter into the mudroom for good reason

Perhaps. But the article screams either "suicide" or "intent to harm himself" to me. Very fishy.

Our front door let's cold into the living room. We have no path and dogs have made it all muddy.. side door through basement keeps boots and cold away.

I was always told that years ago Maine homes would be taxed an an unfinished rate if the front door steps were not completed. People just used their side doors. Perhaps years later, when the property tax laws were updated, this tax advantage no longer applied so they completed the steps but still never gave the front entry much use.

Now, I can not find any info to substantiate this on the web. Could be just local BS, but I've heard numerous people refer to this issue over the years.

As a kid, I did not know better. Same with all the Boy Scout sales. Indeed, we were told to knock on the front door because folks were more likely to buy. Never understood why but maybe all that furniture moving...

Don't the trains move pretty slowly through the Allen Ave crossing? If he wanted to off himself you'd think he'd find a crossing with an Amtrak keeping speed through it.

I do keep miso on hand, so if I can't find any Marmite, I'll try to sub for that. Thanks again! :)

And the area outside the side or rear door is called the dooryard.