How come the pay is so good yet houses are still cheap in Maine? America's best kept secret?

Question

We are looking into relocating & I have been comparing job pay on monster & local papers to homes for sale in the surrounding areas. I have found land on a pond in New Gloucester 10.5 acres for just 99K & Huge homes on giant peices of land for next to nothing yet good paying jobs in Portland just 30 mins away. Is it worth flying out to learn more??? xoxo Misty

Answer 1

most people would think the opposite....but you made a good point--you looked 30 minutes away from portland--if you looked in portland the prices are through the roof--the catch is that everyone wants to be in portland or nearby--inland maine can get very redneck really quick-the coast is the most desirable place....to answer your question it may be the best kept ssecret but the word is out----i meet people in portland who are from somewhere else all the time--i've been here only 2 years myself and its become a very popular relocation place especially among northeasteners who are sick of boston and nyc's price tag