I used to live in a much more densely populated area (although still considered rural) and I always had neighbor drama to report to my husband during the workday. Since I’ve move to “the woods” most of my text messages have revolved around turkeys, deer, and moose. What makes the limited incidents that occur out here so remarkable is that they are so remarkable and rare 😂. The stuff that makes police log news out here wouldn’t even be on police logs in more densely populated areas.

Now that I know more about what can happen to people when their livestock escapes (civil violations, restitutions for damaged property) I find escape stories really stressful.

We also had a couple major drug busts in nearby areas lately so possibly related. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Once in a while, we look at local crime logs and find the most ridiculous incidents. My favorite is compressed below: “PCSO had been involved with a pursuit with a motorcycle, and the operator had fled into the woods. A K9 track was conducted, and K9 Odin located a helmet and riding gloves belonging to the operator. The track continued for several miles… During the track, K9 Odin located the suspects pants, riding jacket, riding pants, a sweatshirt and a rolled-up dollar bill with a lighter (at different points throughout the track). K9 Odin brought the team to the area of the Cardville Rd. where the track was lost. Information was obtained by a citizen that a man in his underwear had been seen coming out of the woods and getting into a vehicle in the area about 30-40 minutes before.”

As someone who is relatively new to Maine the property taxes here are so dependent on which town you move to. My NH town was considered low tax. When we looked at some of the towns south of Bangor I was shocked at how much more I was going to have pay in property tax alone over my equivalent NH house. (To be fair I’m told that the town I was looking at is where all the doctors and lawyers live but it was a huge increase in tax burden even when you consider some of the other ways NH gets you)

My favorite is Castine. So much history, signs everywhere walking around the town. I love their little sheltered beach - Wadsworth cove beach (even though it's not quite sand, it's not all rocks so that's a win in Northern Maine). Not sure about shops or food, I only go there as a day trip. It's just a nice chill town to visit and you don't feel mobbed by tourists because it's not just off a major road.

I do love that it shows the lower degree of development on the East side of the Penobscot. Got to love historically disputed territory.

As a Canadian I can vouch that there are fairly large sections of Maine and Northern Vermont and New Hampshire that would be accepted into the country without too much fuss as they are generally seen as pretty much Canadian