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Psychology Today/find a therapist

Judging by the replies in this thread it sounds like it’s the only way they can get customers in the door…

Propane combination boiler.

What do you have now? They make geothermal that will work with hydronic heat. It'll run more because it doesn't get as hot but AFAIK it's the only downside. We're considering it for the house we live in now. High upfront cost but low cost of ownership.

I'm debating geothermal for the farmhouse we're renovating.

Interestingly I've talked to a lot of heating guys who don't want to touch it. I think that air source heat pumps are so easy they're just going there.

no it doesn't! If you still have demand (which is only growing with people moving here) the rents stay up in the "older units". Your claiming prices trickle down! Again Cali rents aren't going down. Your premise that what will be built under new up zoning beats overall demand, show me that because its bs!

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YIMBYS want it both ways

Free market extremism (build whatever basically)

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and the magic claim it backfills demand, when the market doesn't mind people in the streets or at moms house! It cares about capturing max returns and renting to poor people doesn't pay for buildings!

The oil heat keeps ours about 62 all the time. If I want it warmer I can run the wood stove. Being home I've plowed through a lot of wood in the last 2 months, while it's mild I'm backed off the stove. I'll fire it up when it gets cold again.

Lifestance health has telehealth options available, I'd give them a call

Betterhelp.com if you can get over your online hang-up. If you look at it as an excuse not a preference it would help..

What the hell is "trickle down housing"? You're talking out of your ass.

If you allow developers to build nice, new townhouses in Westbrook for all the out-of-state tech bros to move into, it will free up apartments in all the older 4-6 unit buildings and the price pressure will be reduced. It's seriously the most basic supply and demand equation you could imagine.

The only issue is if developers are knocking down older housing stock to build new, but I'm not aware of that happening en masse.

upzoning is a top Dem party priority (easy to research I promise). What do I stand for? Public housing NOW. I stand for real policy's that put roofs over everyones head, I dont want just slogans I want policy's that have public elements that leaves no human behind. Not policy's that mean you must have tech worker pay to live in Maine, a place that was once a broke people area.... Its not Maine governments fault we didn't build a ton of private houses and rentals 20 years ago when nobody could have predicted work from home + covid. Im sick of the lie that we should ding the political class for not knowing 20 years ago Maine would be super popular. I have NOTHING against new Mainers and im not for blocking any new private housing, im against getting rid of local control of zoning and saying have at it real estate! Im sick of all these progressive people thinking blanket upzoning solves anything.

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Upzoning is extremism for Dem party donors , aka real estate.

That's why we do it.

While service 'bar' may get faster drinks, it's still happening while the servers are helping several other tables.

Bar service for apps and drinks is infinitely faster than table service for the same

Better help

Also super annoying to have restaurants taking reservations for bar seats.

My landlord called it “non-renewal of my month to month lease”, I would call it evicted, especially since they only did it once they found out I complained to the city about inadequate heat. Now I’m taking him to court to get my security deposit back.

1. The article made no mention of party affiliation. Biddeford is generally liberal but the fact that they have corporate / landlord interests serving on the committee goes to show they’re at least attempting to be unbiased.

2. Upzoning will no doubt be an important aspect of the proposal, but it’s on the whole less of an issue than Portland since Biddeford isn’t lacking for space as much as Portland is.

3. As an aside, I’ve seen you post on multiple things and am so confused as to what you stand for. I’m largely conservative and a landlord that catches shit regularly on this sub for these qualities but at least I’m consistent. You just seem to crap on every idea regardless of what it is. On the whole this process in Biddeford has been significantly more conservative-friendly than what they’re doing in Portland. Yes, the council probably means left, but so does Biddeford as a whole. What’s your issue here?

I’d reach out to the Maine CDC drinking water program.

its rent seeking, you can sit on empty units or airbnb them to keep prices up (they do it, google it). They aren't widgets pig they are homes. You don't care if poor and broke Mainer's suffer.

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You are literally promoting trickle down housing and you cant cite it working in a popular market like California because it doesn't work if a bunch of well off people can move in!

If customers want to sit at the bar, and theres availability, let them sit down. The environment at the bar is always different than sitting at a table, as is the service. If the place is super busy, I know i've done the 2 people sit, 2 people stand move and hang out.
Ive done 4 at a bar before, but you gotta either be on the corner, which is perfect for four, or it's your only option. 3 max.

Literally yes. Taking your car example we have just gone through a supply/demand induced price crunch, and now that supply chains are getting back to normal, automakers are lowering prices, dealerships are offering incentives again, and used car prices are plummeting.

So... Nice point?

I think you're confusing basic supply and demand economics with Reagan-esque trickle down nonsense. They are not the same.

I’ll sit at the bar with me and two other people max. Anymore than that your yelling down a line of people to talk to the group and it’s probably annoying as fuck for people seated around you.

I have been in virtual therapy since Oct '21 with my therapist at Psychology Specialists of Maine in Brunswick. I only live 5 minutes from her office, but I have come to really appreciate the benefits of doing it remotely. If I'm having a difficult day, I can "show up" with messy hair in my pajamas for our appointment. I get to sit in my private space feeling safe, and if for some reason there isn't privacy at my house that day, I can drive over to a park and use my phone.

Finding any therapist can be tricky right now, and finding one you vibe with can be harder. If OP is open to local*-ish* remote therapy, they improve their chances a lot.

Mods don't do any thing, this is reddit if you forgot /s

I wouldn't be so sure... I've seen DEA agents with dogs at airports within the last year. They're federal agents so the state laws on THC products don't matter.