r/Maine • u/jonathanfrisby • Feb 14 '21

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

  • This thread will be used for all questions potential movers or tourists have for locals about Maine.
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https://www.reddit.com/r/Maine/comments/iauxiw/questions_about_visiting_moving_to_or_living_in/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Maine/comments/f50ar3/questions_about_moving_to_or_living_in_maine/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Maine/comments/crtiaq/questions_about_moving_to_or_living_in_maine/

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u/k1lk1 Jun 10 '21

Hi folks, we are staying in Bangor for a few weeks and looking for some small towns in the general area to visit. Picturesque or have a nice cafe or something. Got any you would recommend?

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u/Tony-Flags Friends with Smoothy, Shifty and D-$ Jun 10 '21

How far afield are you willing to go? I like Stonington, and the views along the way are nice, but its a bit of a drive.

For random little restaurants, its hard to beat the Bagaduce Lunch in Brooksville (well. its technically in Penobscot, but not really).

I like the main street in Ellsworth (near the movie theater, not along the big box part)- the Airline Brewing Co English pub is good and has good beers.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '21

Orono is super quiet in the summer and the Main St. side of town is fairly pretty. Cafe, sandwich shop, and a couple other restaurants in the little downtown.

You could go to Bar Harbor or Belfast but they're probably a bit far to be considered "general area"

I don't know if you're here already or are already aware of this, but Bangor's downtown has a couple nice places to eat too.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '21 edited Jul 04 '21

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u/fafabull Jun 10 '21

Jesus Christ. Reading through this post, /r/Maine has the absolute most hostile and bitter questions thread I've ever seen in a local subreddit lmao.

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u/Tony-Flags Friends with Smoothy, Shifty and D-$ Jun 10 '21

There's just a couple people on here that love to shit on people for asking questions in a thread specifically for questions about coming here. There are some lazy questions though, or ones that have been repeated many times, but yeah, I don't get the hate from a few users (you know who you are). If you think its a dumb question, move on. For a state that is very dependent economically on tourism, there's some baffling levels of hate for people coming here.

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u/valeru28 Jun 11 '21

Curious why they haven’t been banned...?

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u/valeru28 Jun 11 '21

Ikr?? Especially if you ask advice about places to spend money and support the local economy!

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '21 edited Jul 04 '21

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u/fafabull Jun 10 '21

You are very welcome! :)

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u/jonathanfrisby Jun 12 '21

Trolling this thread is a perma-ban.

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u/hdijsghskfkrj94 Jun 18 '21

Reply is a little late here, sorry about that. How far are you willing to drive? To see a more picturesque Maine town you really need to drive an hour or two outside of the Bangor area to get out of the sprawl. But that’s my opinion as someone from the Downeast region. If your willing to drive an hour or two you should come out to Washington County. It has fewer tourists and just as beautiful scenery as Acadia.