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MomTRex t1_jblrinq wrote

Reply to Is it illegal to walk along train tracks in Maine? by JustAGreenDreamer

Yes, as I was busted by a track maintenance fellow while searching for my lost cat. He told me he could fine me, even though he didn't. The track was in a heavily touristed area (right next to Red's) and though there is a constructed opening in the chain link fence, people are not allowed to walk on the tracks.

Took 6 weeks but we found the cat and she was living there, by the tracks.

I grew up in CA and we always walked on the tracks, crossed over the tracks etc. No one ever said anything. But I guess it was technically illegal and 20 years later a pedestrian bridge was constructed and cost several million dollars (and had to be ADA compliant though how a wheelchair could get to that bridge was beyond me). Maybe they paid for it out of the fines?

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MomTRex t1_it9xsld wrote

Reply to Is there any reason Maine couldn't do this? Oregon's entire coast was declared open to public access in the 1960s. by ppitm

I grew up in California and now have a place in Maine. I cannot fathom how the coastal access is so damn limited in Maine. We used to walk all along the Malibu coast with the rich people's homes there above the tide line but we were at the water line so it was legal. They now try to block the access from the road to the beach but so far the state has won in these cases. People need to have access to the shore!

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MomTRex t1_irgg46z wrote

Reply to [OC] House price you can afford by paying 1000/month for 30 years vs. interest rate by hmiamid

We bought in 2003. I believe that the rate now is still lower than when we bought. People screaming left right and center about the current rates don't understand that historically the rates were sooo low recently.

When I was in college the interest rates were in the mid to high teens.

That said, it all sucks right now and I've told my college age son to stay in school for at least another year and a half. : (

Edited to say that I'm not a boomer (Gen Xer) and wasn't able to purchase a
house until I was comparatively old

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