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BloobityBloobity t1_j5aoxri wrote

Reply to comment by IamSauerKraut in MaineHousing ready to spend $21 million to provide overnight shelters this winter by Shake-Spear4666

Median is used for housing for a reason. Mean would include $10M waterfront compounds, unreasonably skewing the numbers high, since 99.9999% of mainers aren't looking at those properties. And while those properties are "included" in median, they do not have the same effect.

https://www.manausa.com/blog/mean-median-mode-real-estate/

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Reply to comment by metalandmeeples in Newcomers to New Hampshire and Maine continue to drive population growth: More people are dying than being born, so population growth depends on people moving in from elsewhere by TurretLauncher

Oh that's so nice to hear! I know that the one near us is that age range too. My wife thankfully has found an outlet for meeting people her age through a new yoga studio.

We didn't get in here before house prices exploded but I made out well selling our house in our previous state. It was insane trying to find something decent this time last year. I feel blessed to have caught a house before interest rates went up. Looking at homes now, we'd only be able to afford the mortgage of a much cheaper house.

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Reply to comment by metalandmeeples in Newcomers to New Hampshire and Maine continue to drive population growth: More people are dying than being born, so population growth depends on people moving in from elsewhere by TurretLauncher

Yes we have one of those neighborhoods right up the road. We take our dogs to walk them there. It's so nice, quiet, close to neighbors but still with multiple acre properties. If there was a house for sale there, I'd be tempted to buy, but one hasn't been for sale in years. Also insane prices.

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Reply to comment by Antnee83 in Newcomers to New Hampshire and Maine continue to drive population growth: More people are dying than being born, so population growth depends on people moving in from elsewhere by TurretLauncher

Funny you say that. I moved here with my wife (I'm from here, she's not) and she insists that we "live in the middle of nowhere" even though we're 20 min to Portland, 8 min to Scarborough, 15 to Biddeford etc.

She's miserable, it's very sad.

Edit: and I love my wife so much that I have definitely looked into moving again, somewhere closer to town or in a neighborhood, but we bought right before interest rates hiked, and we can't afford anything remotely like what we got now.

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Reply to comment by kmkmrod in Newcomers to New Hampshire and Maine continue to drive population growth: More people are dying than being born, so population growth depends on people moving in from elsewhere by TurretLauncher

> Fewer people means more tax money from each household.

Well ... Taxes might rise more slowly with more people, but your taxes most certainly won't go down in any scenario. No matter how many people move in.

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Reply to comment by NuclearWasteland in I made a honeycomb firewood rack by richriggins

> annoying to set up and do casually

I disagree. I was gifted a very compact stick welder this spring. I think it cost maybe $80 on Amazon and it plugs into a 110V outlet. Welding rods are cheap as hell, and using 6013s doesn't require much metal prep. It's been indescribably handy and takes less than a minute to set up.

I wouldn't be so quick to discourage someone from trying it. Stick welding is the best way to learn and extremely simple.

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