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pooks_turtles t1_j4g5fda wrote

Our population is literally dying! We need in-migration. If state and local governments stopped making it so difficult to construct new housing, that wouldn't be a problem either. This state's massive potential is squandered by those who cling to the past and try to keep everything static.

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DisciplineFull9791 OP t1_j4hf5xs wrote

Maine's vast forested areas are doing more than their part toward reductions in carbon emissions and the states carbon neutrality, and tourists come here because of the unspoiled and undeveloped majority of the state's land mass. I don't think any of us want to be another Massachusetts but agree that we need a solution to affordable housing to attract more young people. My son and daughter are young, educated and were born in Maine and can't find an affordable place to live in southern Maine.

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