I just read an online article from Down East Magazine and while you don't usually see me talk about anything that isn't Yankee Magazine and this article was written by Al Diamon for Down East Magazine yesterday and it's titled: We’re Old, We’re White and We’ve Got Cheap Lobster
The article goes on for a while and is worth your time to read, here is an excerpt: According to the U.S. Census Bureau, what there’s more of in Maine than anywhere else is old, white people.
Updated figures for 2008 released last week show the state is 95.3 percent Caucasian (topping Vermont at 95.2) and has a median age of 42 years (with Vermont again the runner-up at 41.2). The nation as a whole is 66 percent white and has a median age of 36.8 years.
Based on those statistics, it’s probably safe to assume Maine leads the nation in crankiness. That would account for the bill before the Legislature that called for making it illegal for recreational-vehicle owners to park overnight in lots owned by shopping centers and big-box stores.
The measure was initiated by campground owners, who have been losing business to the free parking spots listed on national Web sites. RV owners weren’t pleased by the prospects of having to pay for overnight accommodations and threatened a boycott of the state if the legislation passed. Lawmakers quickly came to their senses and killed the measure, with even its sponsor voting against it.
This led the Maine Office of Tourism to cancel its revised tourism slogan:
“Come on, You Cheapskates, There’s More To Maine Than The Free RV Parking You Get In Every Other State.”
Read the rest here
Jeff Folger
www.yankeefoliage.com
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