LOL the market will self correct. The market tolerates people on the streets! Again your side makes up shit about NIMBY political power. Yes the industry wants to make as much money as it can. Your sides supports catering to tech workers and other well offs.

Whats next more BMWs made in 2023 to lower used car prices?

I guess it depends if you came there to dine or get drunk. Maybe people want to get drunk. I have noticed the same thing a single bar sitter. I just stopped going out because I could no longer count on that stray bar seat anymore.

Sitting at the bar allows them to bypass the hostess and any wait times.

Mmmm

Faster drink service, feeling cool, etc.

It's a bit of a dick move, and takes away from more than just other customers. I'm the house musician for two local breweries and contract to three others in my area, and between sets it's best to be able to place an order really quickly. Large groups ordering 6 or 7 drinks at a time make that impossible and it's pretty inconsiderate to the bar tender.

That's my personal, rather selfish, issue with it but all around I'm not a fan.

Have you tried lifestance.com ?

go and ask them?

"I'm not the traffic, you're the traffic!"

Everyone who understands the macroeconomics of real estate supply and demand agrees that nationally, the housing supply in the US has been lagging behind demand badly since the financial crisis in 2007-2009.

Building more units is the only solution. The market will self correct. If there is bureaucracy and zoning red tape preventing construction, then it will prolong the pain of high rents for everyone.

I'm literally watching the servers getting priority on their drinks. So, that's not it. Good guess though.

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You didn't read my explanation. Thanks for participating. :P

Yeah, you can sort by insurance, online/in person; it's great. It's much easier to find a therapist that suits you (you can also sort by being LGBTQ allied, etc) than an effing dentist that takes MaineCare.

You know why you like sitting at the bar?

That's why they like sitting at the bar.

Entitlement

That would be hilarious. Her name is Abbie!

Same. Wonder if we have the same therapist lol

Faster beer service

50F, Nest thermostat doesn't go lower. I get the living room cozy - 65+ with the wood stove. I have a boiled wool sweater-coat that I wear in the morning while the stove gets going. Wool sox, fleece, etc. With the coming very cold temps, the house may be drafty and I'll use 2 down comforters, plus a wool blanket. And a hot water bottle or 2 if needed.

Sometimes I bake bread or something because it's so nice to have a really warm kitchen.

+1 for being willing to at least try online. It may not end up being your cup of tea but it's definitely something to try, especially when there are some potential service shortages.

Some of the weirdness about Maine seems to be how such a high proportion of new builds are purchased by people who don't live here, and not just for purposes of renting them out. I'm currently effectively in a ghost town, most of the homes built in the last 10 years seem to not have year-round locals living in them

Everywhere is suffering from a housing crisis, it does seem to be a little worse here than some of the other states I was used to

This, but don't be surprised if the listings aren't fully up-to-date. I had two or three who said they were accepting patients but then weren't when I reached out. But keep trying and you should find one, OP.

Let's build more parking garages instead of affordable housing.......

My landlord jacked my rent up 15% on Dec 1st. ( Before the new law took effect on Jan 1).

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