Portland Maine

My pussy stinks.

Thank you thread Nazi.

But I asked my question about visiting, not living there; and I would like to know how it is after the Pandemic.

WHET to Replies 1,2, and 3? Am I missing something?

Anyway, we visited Portland, MAINE - not the real one - a few years ago and absolutely loved it. Charming, artsy, urbane in a medium-city way, funky, and fun. Wasn't expecting that. It was also on a trip to Acadia. They have to call their airport the Portland Jetport so as not to confuse it with PDX. The donut shop that makes their donuts with potatoes was worth a visit.

Be sure to donate to the Hunky Oyster Farmer Bear who's running against Concerned Collins for US Senate while you're there.

R7 they were blocked for being a hall monitor.

TY for the recommendation.

There’s not any one thing to see, really, but it’s a very charming town. Great in fall.

R2….

Be sure to drop by and see Lenny.

I live in Portland, OP. Nice little city but rapidly become a shit hole with junkies on every corner panhandling, (you'll see them as soon as you pull off the Interstate). It's a city of less than 69,000 and Catholic Charities has been literally dumping boatloads of African immigrants here since the early nineties, bringing in more and more each year, so the city obviously is changing due to that and sadly, not for the better.

Add to that the traditional influx of psychos from Oregon, Colorado and California who've moved here over the last couple of decades and who've started running for City government positions. I think we only have one local born person on our city council, most of the counselors are members of the Democrat Socialists, which explains the junkies they won't get off the street and the yearly hikes in property tax. We even have a separate tax that taxes how much rain water falls on our roofs each year. They'll come up with anything for a new tax.. Has there been a new park, a beautification project or road built in the last 15 years? Nope. Have there been more programs and homeless shelters and "protections" put in place for homeless people? Yep. Constantly. Cannot wait to leave this shitty state.

I didn’t need another reason to hate Catholics.

In Portland, Maine, all seems to breathe freedom and peace and to make one forget the world and its sad turmoils

R14 - the little city itself really is charming, or at least still a little charming. Condos have taken over due to all the early-retired wealthy empty nester massholes who essentially own southern Maine. Maine pretty much gave away half its state to Massachusetts and Mass people essentially infest it, bringing in their arrogance and politics and penchant for mcmansions and soulless condominium developments. Mainers are kind of the French of the United States, they pretty much just ignore invasion and have no sense of self preservation, drive or ambition.

I'm being a little too harsh I suppose, but it's amazing how they've let their largest city, a city of 68,000 go to hell. Yes, there's a great food scene but not nearly as innovative and special as the promoting would suggest. After all, doesn't almost every city in America claim that it's a "foodie town"? Maine is gorgeous, absolutely beautiful, mostly for about three months out of the year. But spending any length of time here, or packing up and moving here? I would not recommend it unless you're quite wealthy and can ignore the political and high tax and addiction climate.

I prefer damariscotta

People actually retire in Maine? Aren’t the winters brutal?

R4 = Susie Collins

Sometimes being a bitch is the only thing a woman has to hold onto!

Per ChatGPT “Winters in coastal Maine are cold, long, and often snowy”

Who the fuck wants to retire there, it’s like retiring in Minnesota.

Even if you don’t want to retire to Florida or Arizona you can at least go somewhere cheap and milder like Delaware.

[quote]The donut shop that makes their donuts with potatoes was worth a visit.

I will NOT be rushing to purchase plane tickets.

Yeah, so NOT rush here for the potato donuts! The place is called the Holy Donut and it’s a “thing” only because Boston college people and hipster types flock to it. They made a potato flour and taste the way you think they would. They’re dense and cakey and somewhat dry. The only taste is from the crap they put on top of them which is usually under-sweetened vegan concoctions or “pomegranate” glaze etc. I’ve never understood the appeal.

Mainers can be cunts too. Really. One prime example is when the owner of this Holy Donut place, a millennial or youngish GenX type, filed suit against a tiny mom and pop donut shop out in Oregon or Washington state or someplace like that. That little donut shop was sort of an institution from what the news articles reported. I think there was just one and they had the same name and had been in business for decades. Only they spelled their name the WHOLLY donut. Well, the owners of the Holy Donut in Portland Maine, only in business barely a decade or so, had gone and trademarked their name and had learned about the West Coast mom and pop donut shop. They filed suit against them and played hardball until the little mom and Pop donut place finally changed their name. They told the press they just didn’t want to go through a lawsuit and couldn’t afford it anyway. it was such an example to me of how nasty Mainers can be. Not to generalize all of them, but being here for decades, I’ve never found them to be warm or particularly friendly people. Many of them are wonderful, of course, but in general, they’re orcs.

r13 types like Fox "News".

Generalize much, R23?