COMMENT BY
shannon from Bailey Island, ME
COMMENT ABOUT PLACE
Bailey Island, ME
COMMENT
Expensive living
Maine in general is an expensive place to live. Plus there really aren't very many well paying jobs. You'll see a lot of college grads working manufacturing jobs for $8-$10 an hour. Plus your average home is about $225000 or so and the taxes are outrageous. The maine government is lousy as well, and the people here continually vote against business, against lowering taxes (recentely against a cap on property tax, which is very high in Maine) and for borrowing (just voted to borrow another $72 million in bonds). My fiancee and I are looking for a cheaper place to live, hopefully one with better paying jobs, less taxes and people who actually have a clue when it comes to economics.