This is a classic example of how people think here and how intolerant they are or tend to be. They find excuses like a typo to judge the "non authenticity" of a comment. As somebody above has always said, chill, you don't give a good impression. What does it mean "we don't tolerate bullying of citizens that live here." and "I see some pretty strange people here but it's their life choice and not mine.". There is a limit to be "strange" as you say, if you get just saying drunk and are obnoxious or you are a racist and an intolerant it's a very bad choice and you have to do something for it, you have to adjust it. And if people give you a feedback you have to first hear it with open-mindness(I know, and hard concept) and not taking it so nastly. You have to take the feedback and understand it. Plus, there is very little to be proud of here.
Danny | Scarborough, ME | Report Abuse

Shelley, chill. It was probably a typo. Your freak-out doesn't give a good impression of the city at all.
Mo | West Hartford, CT | Report Abuse

Shelly, chill. It was probably a typo. Your freak-out doesn't give a good impression of the city at all.
Mo | West Hartford, CT | Report Abuse

The Portland, MA comment you reference may also have been a joke, since several people have mentioned an influx of Bostonians. Lighten up!
Mo | West Hartford, CT | Report Abuse

"we don't tolerate bullying of citizens here..." unless it's us doing the bullying of Trump supporters.
Josh | Milton, GA | Report Abuse

Have you read it? Wasn't a joke. The person claimed to have grown up here and wrote a negative review. Nobody that grew up here would make that mistake. I seriously doubt it was a typo either since the letter E and the letter A aren't even in the same row on the keyboard. School teachers here make sure that students know the proper state abbreviation because there are 8 states that start with the letter M. I'll never forgot a story one teacher told. He used the correct state abbreviation on a piece of mail and his mail still ended up in the another M state. Maybe it was his handwriting or maybe it was human error but he recommended we write, "Maine". NOBODY that went to school in Maine wouldn't know that. How hard is it to remember 2 letters? Anybody that has ever mailed anything here should know their state abbreviation. That's so basic and important since there are multiple Portlands in our country. People here aren't that stupid. It's embarrassing. For some reason a lot of people that haven't been here have the wrong idea. They think that we're a bunch of idiots in a town with 2 street lights. We just don't need somebody that isn't even from here going out of their way to prove the stereotype. People on this website are comparing places to live they may never know anything more about Portland than what they read here. Tourism is a huge industry here and I actually find it offensive that somebody would take the time to make up a negative review.
Shelly | Portland, ME | Report Abuse