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acister t1_ixj3j3w wrote

Reply to How it feels trying to deliver orders in Maine by Baphometwolf83

This is correct.. The amount of times I've called folks trying to get directions because I'm on a pitch black block and can't see anything and they don't answer.. What the fuck happened to people during Covid. Answer your phone if you're expecting a delivery and for the love of god turn on your porch light.

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acister t1_itqtg7x wrote

Reply to Left lane campers by CPgang

It is really bad. I used to drive straight trucks and this makes traffic patterns really dangerous for trucks merging. Also want to note how awful people are at merging / dealing with mergers in the Bangor region. It's not even really much traffic as far as things go and people really don't know what to do. Almost got in a significant accident last year because of this (was fine but was a slam on the brakes my dog flying into the windshield on 95 situation).

Also if you're going 40 over and I'm going 20 over passing people in the left and there's not much room for me to move over right away - chill the fuck out and wait a minute before dramatically switching lanes and giving me the death stare passing me in the right lane like a maniac and swerving back in front of me.

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acister t1_it9iaar wrote

Reply to comment by The_Maine_Viking in Is there any reason Maine couldn't do this? Oregon's entire coast was declared open to public access in the 1960s. by ppitm

I only clicked on one of them TBH and to be fair didn't realize it was in Acadia.. I've thought about going to it before offseason without connecting the dots that it's part of the network but Duck Harbor requires advance reservations.. I'll look into the others

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acister t1_it9cszx wrote

Reply to comment by The_Maine_Viking in Is there any reason Maine couldn't do this? Oregon's entire coast was declared open to public access in the 1960s. by ppitm

I will look into it! This is all privately owned land though for the sake of what seems to be mostly boating? The island campgrounds seem cool and I guess they book well in advance but definitely going to check them out. There's a lot of ATV trails that are through networks of privately owned land that are similar but it is much different than public land. I appreciate it all but literally with BLM and National Forest, you're allowed to stay there for up to 30 days in a single location and if you choose to you use a dispersed campsite you can usually find one (this sort of thing is in the White Mountain National Forest in Maine). This is a lot different!

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acister t1_it8fhsq wrote

Reply to Is there any reason Maine couldn't do this? Oregon's entire coast was declared open to public access in the 1960s. by ppitm

There is some limited access allowed on all private property (unless otherwise posted I believe) that allows "the rights to fish, fowl, and navigate" on intertidal coast. But yeah I agree I wish Maine had more public land. When my friends from out of state ask where to camp for cheap/free, there is nothing on the coast (except deep downeast - Cutler). Any public land is in western Maine (with some exceptions but dispersed camping and free primitive camping). The coast is completely privately owned. The west has way, way more public land than the east coast.

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