SperlingViews - Rockland, Maine
96.96% of people are white, 0.42% are black, 0.96% are asian, 0.34% are native american, and 1.32% claim 'Other'. 1.14% of the people in Rockland, ME, claim hispanic ethnicity (meaning 98.86% are non-hispanic).
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Beautiful views but weather not the greatest - 5/21/2009
Rockland is a great town from July through mid October. Lots to see and do, culturally and environmentally but "cooler along the coast" is so true. Naturally air-conditioned. A seabreeze kicks in most afternoons with many evenings requiring a sweater. June can be beautiful or just fogged in most of the month. So much of the year is spent preparing for winter and cleaning up after winter. Winter snows are often mixed with freezing rain or ice. Keeps snow accumulations down but very unpleasant and not as easy to clean up as all snow.[read more...] |
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Wholesome place - 5/6/2007
Eventhough Rockland serves as a service center for many outlying towns and has a walmart and a home depot, it feels relatively untouched by the homogenization occurring throughout the rest of the united states.[read more...] |
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Very poor economy here... - 9/27/2006
...in Rockland. It's difficult to do business in town where so many people are poor. There are not many white-collar jobs in the area, so most of the jobs here are service-related. Banks, Wal-Mart, and fast food joints would be the general places of employment. Lots of fishing and lobstering here, which doesn't exactly rake in the cash.[read more...] |
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Not much in the way of public transportation.... - 9/27/2006
...at least not locally. We finally got a taxi company recently, but there are no local buses for around town -- you really need a vehicle. There is a Trailways station on the waterfront, though and we just got a train coming up here. Things in the transportation department are improving, but still not there yet as of Fall 2006.[read more...] |
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A little on the expensive side... - 9/27/2006
...in Rockland. Gas prices here were about 20 cents higher than my ex was reporting in Florida. Food seems more pricey here than in Massachusetts. I think it's because the trucks have to come so far -- Maine being way off in the upper right corner of the US and all.[read more...] |
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If you like the cold... - 9/27/2006
...then Rockland may be the place for you! It is freezing and snowy in the winter time. VERY nice in summer and fall, but the summer season lasts only about two and a half months![read more...] |
