Recent comments in /f/Maine

sacredblasphemies t1_j70v14d wrote

There's something about the combination of the deer and that license plate that's just hilarious.

Like it's a magic trick gone awry.

"Hey, Rocky...watch me pull a deer out of this guy's trunk!"

TA-DAA!!!

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Majestic-Feedback541 t1_j70mmbd wrote

Idk man. Might wanna go to the store, buy up all the bread, milk and toilet paper. Then remove your battery from your car and sleep with it to ensure it starts. Then panic that it's cold outside in winter while you're inside with working heat and power. Don't forget to go outside and bitch about it being cold in winter in Maine too, at least once during this totally normal cold snap we experience every year.

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Squidworth89 t1_j70m05h wrote

The lack of housing currently isn’t like it’s always been, controlled by the rental industry.

2008 crash left a multimillion unit hole that was never filled.

Combined with a lot of people leaving the building industry and never returning back then and a shortage of new blood entering the industry there isn’t enough labor power to keep up, let alone catch up.

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Alternative_Sort_404 t1_j70ftqv wrote

Getting into the trades here is kind of a crap-shoot… You never know whether you will work for someone responsible and organized or whether you will be treated as just a casual laborer with no hope of advancement or even the most basic training about anything. (From experience) Edit - a formal program would be a better bet for success

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demalo t1_j70b14i wrote

There are hundreds of examples of states with high density, low income housing. Market forces abound, it’s in the rental industries best interest to keep supply just below demand. They also don’t want regular housing, condos, or upward mobility reducing their share of the market. Guaranteed housing, like guaranteed UBI may be the future, but it’s going to be four walls, a ceiling, and a door. That may be fine for some but it will drive others insane.

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