Recent comments in /f/Maine

Odd-Mountain3076 t1_j5g220z wrote

Having lived in VT and ME, both have thier benefits. In VT i was considered a far right conservative because I liked guns and didn't support a lot of social causes. In Maine I am considered a progressive liberal because I like social change and I'm not religious.

I personally think VT is prettier and as a whole has nicer people, but Maine is more wild and being so big it's a craps shoot as to if the folks are nice or not. Also VT is easier to come from away as most there are actually from away making the transition easier.... unfortunately many have wealth and a NIMBY attitude in VT.

State govts, VT is more progressive with better social welfare and lower income taxes yet also has an awesome Republican governor. Maine....like the weather politics shift depending on the climate. That leads to economic instability that we have seen for decades.

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mainething t1_j5fz4cy wrote

Reply to Despicable by KermitThrush

now that's embarassing! He is NOT A MAINER !

He is from Pasadena California and crawled here to live in the woods where he could enter politics Lockman is a 1967 graduate of Philadelphia-Montgomery Christian Academy in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania. He studied liberal arts at Covenant College in Lookout Mountain, Georgia and Pasadena City College in California. Around 1976, he began working at a sawmill in Passadumkeag, Maine.

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flyswithdragons t1_j5fxz7n wrote

Reply to Despicable by KermitThrush

He sounds like a rapist! How about retroactive abortion for rapist, especially if they kiddy diddle ..Something is wrong with him.

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Amdy_vill t1_j5ftaie wrote

Reply to Despicable by KermitThrush

If men have the right to force violence on woman. I have the right to force violence on men.

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lama_drama99 t1_j5ft615 wrote

Reply to Despicable by KermitThrush

I don't even fully agree with abortion (I would never get one myself, but i do not judge others' choices), but this is absolutely disgusting and in no way a good comparison.

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_Face t1_j5fsbsa wrote

Reply to Despicable by KermitThrush

What an asshole. I should be allowed to punch idiots who say stupid shit in the face.

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GraniteGeekNH t1_j5fs7jm wrote

I would say the biggest difference is how quickly you can get to a mid-sized city - a place with a decent hospital and good variety of shopping alternatives. Otherwise the climate / social attitudes / roads, buildings etc. are pretty similar.

Using that measure, there's no state-vs-state difference, but plenty of difference within the rural areas of each state.

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