Why are liberal areas always so damn expensive. It always seems if

[magical thyme]

53. back just before the election in '08 I took a drive around midcoast Maine

Checking out the political signs for where to move to when I finally am able to sell my mini-farm here in the redneck armpit of the midcoast.

Belfast won 1st prize. I counted 0 -- yes, zero -- McCane/Failin signs within the village limites. It was a sea of blue. There was also an anti-war sign on the lawn of the whatiz (dam, I forget those not military but whatever things in villages...dam). And to add a touch of nostalgia, there was actually a peace march going on in the village green with at least half a dozen people, young and old, carrying anti-war signs and marching in a circle!

You have to be able to stand the long, cold winters (at least until global warming really kicks in). And not much for work. But it is an incredibly picturesque little seaside village with probably nothing going on in the winter, but plenty in the summer.

I also was surprised to find whole patches of areas in the mountains with nothing but blue signs. Totally rural, and frankly I forget exactly where I was. Inland, headed south from Belfast...