Maine is mind-bogglingly huge

[mainebrokerman]

We use to have an electrician named Dan I believe that lived in Washburn up in aroostook
County

“ up north” is a relative term

When I worked in topsham years ago … a coworker had a camp “ up north” in Belgrade

I was just in caribou a couple days ago ( 240 miles of Augusta)
I travel in my work all over Maine from the easternmost towns to the westernmost
I’d much rather travel 20 rural miles in Maine than 3 congested miles in Boston or any other city

Machias lubec jonesport
Are downeast to me .. not “up north”

[InTheMountains93]

Originally Posted by Parnassia

The difference in "scale" was one of many weird things I noticed when I moved to NJ for a job. Grew up in CA and worked in western states and AK most of my career. The concept of distance (what was a "long" trip and how long it might take to drive) was so different. You'd look at a road map and almost know how far the distance was in each inch and how long that inch would take to drive without thinking too hard about it. In NJ I was constantly misjudging road trips, overshooting places I was looking for and ending up hopelessly lost. Always getting buried in the mazes of little squiggly traffic clogged roads instead of long open stretches of highway between towns. Not to mention the speed people lived at. What some local might refer to as a mountain to me were barely hills. It was quite disorienting. Didn't help that the sun rose over the ocean instead of setting over it or the weather arriving from the land instead of the sea . While I certainly don't regret spending a few years on the east coast to experience such a different reality and there were specific places and people I enjoyed, in general I found it wearing...just "off". Couldn't wait to get back out west. When an opportunity came up I jumped on it. I'll never forget how I felt when I saw the plains spread out in front of the car instead of behind it. Almost an unclenching of the body.

New Jersey is so crowded it’s ridiculous, I loved visiting and driving in western states it was so stress free for most part. Even in northeast New England regions driving is more laid back besides Boston area.

[cjseliga]

Originally Posted by Parnassia

The difference in "scale" was one of many weird things I noticed when I moved to NJ for a job. Grew up in CA and worked in western states and AK most of my career. The concept of distance (what was a "long" trip and how long it might take to drive) was so different. You'd look at a road map and almost know how far the distance was in each inch and how long that inch would take to drive without thinking too hard about it. In NJ I was constantly misjudging road trips, overshooting places I was looking for and ending up hopelessly lost. Always getting buried in the mazes of little squiggly traffic clogged roads instead of long open stretches of highway between towns. Not to mention the speed people lived at.

I did the opposite, born and raised in NEPA (Northeastern PA) and lived for 7 years in Tucson, AZ.

Back east in the BOS-WAS corridor, going 5 to 7 hours, you can basically drive through where 50 million+ of the US population lives, when I lived in AZ, going 5 to 7 hours to get to places in SoCal, NV, NM, southern UT, west Texas you would pass lots of beautiful, but desolate landscapes!