Maine Misadventure
 

Riverman wrote:

What town is that where you are buying? It sounds like something east of
Lincoln...out by the lakes on the Airline.

That is a pretty good guess given what I've written. The town we are
buying in is East Machias, further east and further down toward the
coast from Lincoln.

I think that there is something staggeringly poignant (and
characteristically American) about finding former farms and villages in
the woods. When I was looking at moving to Northern Vermont, there was
a town (I can't remember which one) where an entire complex of 19th
Century factories running down a hillside was taken over by forest. It
is supposed to be a surreal scene.

Maine Misadventure
 

Dave wrote:

I understand you will be in East Machias; you can't get very much more
Down East than that. d;o) When you get to exploring it, don't forget
the Rapid River in the Ranchleys (grid 18 on the Maine
Atlas/Gazatteer). Gimme a call and I'll be your guide (fishing guide,
that is).

That sounds great Dave, I'll have to make a point of that.

Maine Misadventure
 

Memphis Jim wrote:
....... Places like Maine, apart from southern Maine, northern
Vermont, and northern and western New York fit the bill. If you
haven't been to rural sections of New York, you really cannot
appreciate how rural it can be. ...

But I would guess that most of the Maine coast will be developed
eventually, even if other parts are not.

We really liked Belfast. That's another town that appears to
have had an industrial past.