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LIME_09 t1_j1zkemh wrote

Reply to comment by BloobityBloobity in Newcomers to New Hampshire and Maine continue to drive population growth: More people are dying than being born, so population growth depends on people moving in from elsewhere by TurretLauncher

I live in a VERY similar town. We moved here 9 years ago from MA, and I am from Long Island, NY originally. It took me a long, LONG time to feel settled here and that this is "home" for me... as in, just within the past 2 years. I was miserable too. Making friends, and having my kids finally entering elementary school were key contributors to feeling more settled in this rural-ish town I live in (35 minutes to Portland, 10-15 to all shopping needs).

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BloobityBloobity t1_j1zztks wrote

What was the original motivation for moving here?

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LIME_09 t1_j20hls3 wrote

It's the next town over from where my husband is from, and where the nucleus of his family is. We all get along well, so it has been so wonderful for starting and raising our family. Still, it was hard for me for the first bunch of years. I probably would have been happier if we did the Portland renting thing for a bit before buying in our rural town, but in retrospect with housing prices, thank GOODNESS we bought when we did. But yeah, I married a Mainer and I knew that meant moving to Maine.

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