Why I'm Moving to Maine

[Islander]

[Chacoguy]

And this is why I'm staying in Utah.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teJQwslU9D4

[MarkF]

You have lobsters, we have Crabzilla!

[Zeener Diode]

Originally Posted by MarkF

You have lobsters, we have Crabzilla!

That looks alien to me.

I wouldn't want to suck face with it!

[beebs]

If I ever came face to face with that thing I'd immediately surrender.

[WormTheRed]

And this is why I'm heading north:

[Baldwin]

Nothing against Maine, but -- what the hell is that first video supposed to be about?

(I enjoy crab, but it seems funny to me that in most of the Western world, people who wouldn't consider eating insects have no problem paying good money to eat a giant bug that lives underwater.)

[Panacea]

From the description on YouTube:

A chilling glimpse into the not-to-distant future. The California Energy crisis has gotten out of control and its ramifications are quickly spreading throughout the US. What's a person to do? Where are they to go? Pack your bags everyone, its time to head to Maine!

Still doesn't quite make sense to me either.

[Islander]

Too many people with too much stuff at too high a price. Crowds, noise, confusion, stress. But there's one place where the population explosion hasn't reached, where land is affordable, where life is low-key. As you cross the border and head north on I-95, you'll see a sign that says,

WELCOME TO MAINE
THE WAY LIFE SHOULD BE

Most of the visitors come in on the bridge across the Piscataqua River from NH. Mainers have frequently expressed a wish to blow up the bridge once and for all. Ninety per cent of the state is forested, and we have mountains, lakes and 3600 miles of breathtaking rockbound coast. I'm biased, of course, but I'm not going to go on and on about the ultimate goodness of this state for fear of stirring up longings in you.

[Panacea]

Oh, I believe you. I should think you'd want to be keeping people out, not inviting them in.

[Zeener Diode]

Originally Posted by WormTheRed

And this is why I'm heading north:

To be eaten by polar bears?


@NinetyWt: Islander omitted the fact that the majority population of inland Maine is comprised of critters who eat humans. (Some of which at one time could have been considered human. )

[Myriam Benraad]

Originally Posted by Zeener Diode

That looks alien to me.

I wouldn't want to suck face with it!

I agree. That big old bug it's holding is pretty creepy too.

[Islander]

Originally Posted by NinetyWt

Oh, I believe you. I should think you'd want to be keeping people out, not inviting them in.

You know, you're right, NinetyWt, there is some cognitive dissonance there.

[SoylentPopTart]

If Maine is anything as nice as Vermont, I'd move there in a minute. The problem is Ms. Soy. She gets cold on a summer day.

[Islander]

Tell her Global Warning has been installed here too.

[WormTheRed]

Originally Posted by Zeener Diode

To be eaten by polar bears?

To be nibbled on by a tiny cute one? Absolutely

Meet the tiny cute one's mommy? Absolutely not!

[Islander]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYEJ5xJ93l0

[Uthrecht]

Originally Posted by Islander

Too many people with too much stuff at too high a price. Crowds, noise, confusion, stress. But there's one place where the population explosion hasn't reached, where land is affordable, where life is low-key.

So, the point here is to try and overpopulate Maine?

[Islander]

I thought we settled this in Post #13.

Quit pickin' on me.

[Uthrecht]

But you need more people in here! Otherwise the thread will die!

You've said you wanted more active threads, right?

[Islander]

Did I say that?
Well, I also observed once that I was often the last person to post in a thread. Thread closer, I am.

[Uthrecht]

It's polite to let a lady have the last word, is all.

[Islander]

Oh, okay then.

Hai, I just stopped by to close this thread. Who needs Fenris when you have Islander?

[Carolia]

My hubby's grandparents live in Maine. They had a farm out in the country, and it is beautiful beyond measure. I absolutely love it, but I would never live there, for it is what is known around these parts as too friggin' cold. I'll just stay here in the tropics.

[fachverwirrt]

Originally Posted by Islander

Too many people with too much stuff at too high a price. Crowds, noise, confusion, stress. But there's one place where the population explosion hasn't reached, where land is affordable, where life is low-key. As you cross the border and head north on I-95, you'll see a sign that says,

WELCOME TO MAINE
THE WAY LIFE SHOULD BE

Most of the visitors come in on the bridge across the Piscataqua River from NH. Mainers have frequently expressed a wish to blow up the bridge once and for all. Ninety per cent of the state is forested, and we have mountains, lakes and 3600 miles of breathtaking rockbound coast. I'm biased, of course, but I'm not going to go on and on about the ultimate goodness of this state for fear of stirring up longings in you.

Yeah, well, New Hampshire has, um, 18 miles of breathtaking rockbound coast. Also, crazy tax protesters. SO THERE!

[Islander]

Ahem. NH has 18 miles of crowded, blanket-to-blanket sandy beaches. And now it's Boston's bedroom. But hey, you guys got NO SALES TAX so we love to buy your liquor whenever we have to cross the border.

[fachverwirrt]

Originally Posted by Islander

Ahem. NH has 18 miles of crowded, blanket-to-blanket sandy beaches. And now it's Boston's bedroom. But hey, you guys got NO SALES TAX so we love to buy your liquor whenever we have to cross the border.

OK, well, Odiorne Point is a nice rocky beach (and parts of Rye). We don't talk about Hampton.