In other news, I was surprised to hear the second largest city in Maine has under 40K people.
@poemblaze Wow, that's interesting. Maybe the winters run everybody off.
@JLong @poemblaze were a large state with a small amount of people (around 1.2 million)
@crazyuncleharris @poemblaze I've heard nothing but good things and it looks beautiful. Why so few residents?
@JLong @poemblaze the cold, lack of industry, lack of ready housing, the huge vibe of stay off my land / large acreage owners.
A lot of this state is covered with Forests that are commercially owned
@JLong @poemblaze oh and farm lands the sheer amount of NOTHING around you in some of the unincorporated townships.
The 100 miles of wilderness that you will walk through if you hike the Appalachian trail
@crazyuncleharris @poemblaze That explains it. What a shame.