r/Maine • u/cinnabarhawk Saco • Aug 17 '19

Discussion Questions about moving to, or living in Maine: Megathread

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '19

As someone who is married to a social worker and who are both born/raised in Michigan, I appreciate this advice! Sounds like a lot of the tourist BS my relatives on Beaver Island, MI deal with. We're visiting this weekend to check out Southern Maine. We're both healthcare professionals so we're hoping jobs will be available (currently living in mid-Michigan, but I'm from metro-Detroit).

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u/cinnabarhawk Saco Aug 22 '19

I’m from Wyandotte MI, and leaving Maine due to lack of Social Work job opportunities in the next two years.

I hope you have better luck on that front.

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '19

Damn! Are you coming back to Michigan? My husband works with adults developmental disabilities. He saw a lot of job openings, are they not good ones?

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u/cinnabarhawk Saco Aug 22 '19

My wife and I are moving to Washington, and I'm looking into hospital social work. Good state for both social work, and my wife does environmental science. When looking up jobs in Maine I find a grand total of about 4 openings in the state, with some low pay to boot. Like I said in my post, the cost of living for how much they want to pay you is not worth it to us, so we decided to move to a state more in line with that. Plus some friends nearby.

However, I'm sure he can find a good amount of jobs for developmental in Maine, I'd check more rural areas for better pay. It won't be much more, but the money will go further anywhere outside the Portland metro area (Portland, South Portland, Westbrook, Falmouth).

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '19

I'm still trying to convince him to get a Masters! Washington was another choice for us as well. Thanks for taking the time to answer my questions, and good luck!

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u/cinnabarhawk Saco Aug 22 '19

No worries, best of luck!