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SqueeBug t1_j8j909e wrote

Reply to comment by Norgyort in Dogs in grocery stores. by Norgyort

As much as I wanted to move on from your comment and just let you be wrong, I feel compelled to try one last time to educate you. Here is a study from a real life veterinary journal that shows that even shelter workers can’t correctly identify pit bulls. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S109002331500310X

Now if a shelter worker can’t identify a pit bull, what makes you think the average person or a police officer can?

Unless you can show me the DNA results from the dogs who committed the attacks, the data is unreliable.

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Tony-Flags t1_j8j8cza wrote

Reply to comment by Dr_Mabuse38 in Questions about visiting, moving to, or living in Maine : Megathread by cafenegroporfa

Big sigh...

You got kids? How old are you? Single? If so, are you going to be looking to date people wherever you move?

You planning on renting? You planning on buying a place? What's your expected budget?

Do you want a condo with zero maintenance? Do you want an old farmhouse with a bunch of land? Something in between?

Does walkability matter to you? That is, do you "need" to be able to walk to stores/restaurants/bars etc or are you okay with (much more likely) not being able to do so?

The four counties you describe are where a majority (I'm guessing, could be wrong) of the population of Maine lives, so there's a fair amount of towns that fit there. You will get better info if you give better info. Not trying to be a dick, but vague questions get vague answers.

> about a 90 minute drive from either mountains or a beach.

Basically everywhere you listed is within 90 minutes of the coast. Most of them will be within 90-120 minutes of Sunday River for skiing, closer if you want just any old mountain.

>I would assume that any town recommended would have any fun city/town stuff

You would be incorrect in assuming this. There are lots of towns that don't have much fun stuff, or very limited amounts of fun stuff, and you have to drive to another town for a bit of variety in fun stuff. The only 'real' city in Maine is Portland. There are nice towns, but they aren't cities. (and before anyone says, "AKSHULLY- Lewiston/Bangor/whatever is officially a city, okay?"- no, they are large towns. Maybe legally they are incorporated as cities, but they're not really cities.)

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craftyfighter t1_j8iz6wd wrote

Reply to comment by QuinNight in Medieval Armored Combat by tugboatcharlie

That’s an understandable reasoning…I just found it funny that you were the Portland Reavers, but weren’t in Portland. Of course if you’d been the Maine reavers I wouldn’t have thought where you trained or were based was odd at all (assuming you were in maine of course).

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AssumptionLivid6879 t1_j8iptvv wrote

Reply to comment by bern_trees in Questions about visiting, moving to, or living in Maine : Megathread by cafenegroporfa

Linda Bean has no decision making or association for LL Bean today other than filling a worthless seat (non-executive director) on their huge board of directors; she’s just a trust fund holder that fails starting up other businesses from family wealth. Think about George’s position in Seinfeld for her late wife’s trust committee; she has the same role.

The association was propaganda created by Patagonia when she privately donated to the Republican Party, and was a shit attempt at grabbing what little market share LL Bean has left.

Compared to LL Bean’s competitors, they produce way more goods in the USA. Hate the product, hate the brand, sure. But associating Linda Bean as a decision maker for LL Bean is misinformation.

Editorial: https://www.pressherald.com/2017/01/12/our-view-l-l-bean-boycott-would-harm-the-wrong-people/

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