[Wneighbor]

First were the complaints about high taxes, then immediately the complaints about “no sidewalks in town, no streetlights, no library” and on and on. Didn’t these newcomers realize that our taxes were determined by what expenditures were voted in?

These are some of the reasons why my man does not wish to return to Maine. He gets on a rant everytime this topic comes up. Of course he's seen it in his 18 years in Texas also but I guess more slowly. When we got together he moved to my area of the state which is rural so we are just beginning to see a trickle of that. Every time a new "outsider" thing comes up it sets him off.

[upcountry miss]

Unfortunately, we are becoming a bedroom community of Boston. Have lived here for 77 years, so don’t anticipate moving any time soon, but sure do hate the changes coming our way every day.