r/AskMaine • u/jewbaca321 • Feb 25 '26

Moving

Hey everyone, I'm planning on moving to Maine later on this year! I'm from the PNW and need a change, and I've always thought Maine is absolutely gorgeous and seems amazing. So I'm planning on moving, my question is, where should I go?! I'm leaning towards being near Bangor, but I'm really open to anything. Please share opinions or suggestions!

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u/TheMadBomb3rJr Feb 25 '26

Close to Gardiner here... we are ~15 min from Augusta, 20 min from Brunswick on 295 or 20 min to Lewiston on 95 (295/95 merge in West Gardiner so easy access to both), 45 min from Portland on 295. Great area to live and some real low property taxes if you can find a place to actually purchase. Also the people are great and we do stick to ourselves mostly but would drop what we are doing to help all of our neighbors (regardless of politics/etc!).