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GrizzlyMainer t1_j88hr4h wrote

Reply to comment by MathematicianGlum880 in Maintain the integrity of our town! Preserve Freeport’s charming and historic parking lots! by bitesandcats

Agreed. I think many commenting don’t truly understand where this is being proposed. There are many other parts of town, even close to Main St, it would be fine, but not that corner lot next to town hall.

Not against the project, but NOT on that specific unique lot.

Those opposed are absolutely correct.

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baxterstate t1_j88l7hc wrote

Downtown is exactly where low income housing should be built; walking distance to stores, and if you’re going to get public transportation, that’s where it will be.

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MathematicianGlum880 t1_j88sqz8 wrote

Low income people will find absolutely NOTHING they can afford in that area of Freeport that they can walk to. No grocery store. Sam's sandwich shop and that s it. Nothing!! There is no Goodwill. No Walmart. Freeport wouldn't let a McDonalds move in to town for the longest time and then they reached a compromise, they could go to the other end, after Beans BUT they had to use an already existing building and it couldn't look like McDonalds. Have you been to Freeport? Do you know the area? | have lived here my whole life (62f) and have been to Beans many times and the traffic can be horrendous. There are no buses. I don't mind low income housing. I don't even care if it's in my backyard. I'm not a NIMBY…however...you don't install something where those who can't afford to live in that area...a place to live. You don't give poor people a house unless they can do the upkeep. Trust me...I was there. We had a house and we didn't have the extra cash to keep it up so it went to shit.

PS…it’s not really a ‘downtown’ like Portland or Gorham.

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