PT members from Maine? Need infomation

[yorkster]

Thanks everyone for the info- and kuhio98 , those links were helpful.

Real estate looks like it's going up-up-up there. Not too much less than here, but still a bit less, so I better get there soon.

The more I see & read about Maine, the more I feel that's where i want to go. It has everything: the ocean, mountains, seasons, history and it's beautiful!
Having lived in the Seattle area for so long I'm kinda spoiled because there are all those things here too. (except we don't get as much snow).
It's always been so great here to be at the beach and an hour later in the mountains. And there is nothing more beautiful than sitting a boat in Lake Washington (in the middle of the city) and seeing Mt. Rainier on one side of you, and then Mt. Baker on the other. I'll miss it here if I really do go. Not to mention my family and friends.

I've never done anything like this before, and I'll be doing it alone (except for my dog and 2 cats), so it's scary.

I am now looking at some towns just outside Portland that I think I can afford better. If anyone has info/suggestions about that it would be helpful. Not being familiar with the state, I've come up with: Scarborough, Biddeford, and Lewiston. At least the real estate website said they were close and Scarborough being only "7 minutes" away. It looked like more than that to me on the map.