Devie and I have seriously had it with this goddamned town and all its broken, self centered, daftly rude and severely undereducated residents. We are giving ourselves 2 full years to save money, incorporate the business, build equity in our current assets and get our credit back into the 800's after taking hits with all the big purchases. Other factors are my son graduating high school and turning 18, downscaling our lives in general and the big one, learning to let go of my current job and lifestyle and walking away to start the next chapter. Ive had it here, we are both at the end of our rope and are sick to death of this city and its horrible ways. Its beyond repair now....latest exapmle, UPS delivered our order of special catfood for our 3 cats yesterday, quite expensive, some dirty motherfuckers ran off with it.....catfood! We felt this way when we left the house, but it really drove the point home once we got home and realized these people are THAT low. We dont drink, we dont do massive amounts of cocaine, i dont cheat on my wife or fuck strippers, we hate HOA's up our ass as much as you guys do, i dont like blingy, mouthy, showoffs...place is chock full of them, we dont gamble, smoke or run other drivers off the road. We are low key, fairly intelligent, friendly 40-something, pagan, liberal, bohemian artists with a twisted sense of humor and a taste for seafood...we are not welcome in Las Vegas.
Now that ive explained why we want out of here, ill explain where we are headed. For about 4 hours the other night, we were set on moving to Hawaii because my wife is an islander (the real kind), and lived there as a child. We researched the hell out of it and asked many questions of the native islanders that we know...that idea went away pretty quickly for reasons i can give if you really want to know. It is now only on the vacation list again. We are more focused on Maine than ever before, its a done deal. Our only issue was where in Maine. I was Gung Ho for living on the coast in a small fishing village, my wife wanted a mountain chalet...which i also love the idea of. Back to the good old internet and friends who are born and raised Mainers. Just knowing the Mainers i do, they are super friendly, very down to earth and smart. All college grads and extremely proud of their state and long to return to it...that really stood out to me.
My wife and her ex, many years ago, lived in Maine. They lived in Brunswick, on the coast by Boudoin college. Thanks to him and his fucked up head and indecision (her words), they moved here. Good for me, not for her, but she has always longed to go back there. Thanks to Google Earth, we can drive the streets of Brunswick...or Las Vegas...or Istanbul...and look around. We were in the virtual parking lot of their old apartment, and we explored the town, she wasnt happy with how it had grown into a freeway town, so we searched the coastline for more places. Most are beautiful coastal villages with a few shitholes thrown in because every state has them. Once we settled on a couple that we liked, we researched the town, the entrepreneurial opportunities, the housing market, demographic, the vibe, etc...Boothbay and Belfast stood out. Then i searched the housing market, thats where we hit the wall. The houses are all old and worn, but expensive. You are paying for the location, so we had to be smart and walk away from the idea of living on the coast. I even checked out numerous other coastal towns, all the same way...awesome!...but old and expensive. Again, we will visit frequently.
Then Devie told me about a town they drove through once up by the NH border called Bethel (linky right there). Its a town of about 2600 folks or so. Regular mountain people. It looks fine from the outside, but after really digging into the research, its a lot cooler than it seems. Very Celtic, liberal, artsy vibe to the place...and the artists there are bad asses! So, this spring, we are flying to Boston, renting a car and taking our list of towns to explore and B&B's, and hitting the road for a week or two. Then its serious money saving mode. Oh, and check out the houses that they have a lot of up there. http://www.realtor.com/realestateand..._ME?source=web ....just scroll to page 4 and start there, the first few pages are a bit too thick for us at the moment. Log chalets near the ski resort, new and energy efficient, big with lots of room for antennas...many for under 300k, we arent ready to go yet, but we are bloody well determined! Not to mention folks who mind their own biz, yet are nice, that was her experience there. Its worth a good look. Dev also has plans for a cool business that she is well versed in, coffee and art, i think it would do well there.
So...there, i feel better thinking about the beautiful views of the rolling Maine mountains and lobster rolls, and less about catfood stealing douchebags now. It will give me something else to focus on. So you east coasters will be seeing me afterall! Question though, has anyone been up there and can report anything? Thats it for now. Getting excited again now that we actually have somewhat of a game plan for bringing peace to our weary souls...we worked hard enough and put up with well enough to deserve this. :)
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