Well-off newcomers transform some city neighborhoods with their desires for improved housing and ‘hip’ businesses, but that also can make it too costly from some long-timers to live there.
Leslie Bridgers
Columnist
Leslie Bridgers is a columnist for the Portland Press Herald, writing about Maine culture, customs and the things we notice and wonder about in our everyday lives. Originally from Connecticut, Leslie came to Maine by way of Bowdoin College and never left. She joined the Portland Press Herald in 2011 as a reporter and spent seven years as the paper’s features editor, overseeing coverage of arts, entertainment and food.
Posted inMaine, News, Real Estate
Three apartment searches,
Three apartment searches,
similar results: Ending up where they didn’t plan to live
Story by Leslie Bridgers/ Staff Writer Photos by Gabe Souza/ Staff Photographer Samuel Joyall and Lexi Snetsinger met online and were originally looking to buy a house together in Portland but instead are focusing their search in the Augusta area. A ll Lexi Snetsinger wants is to live with her fiance and her rat terrier, […]
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