tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9728880.post8624273926357433853..comments2024-03-27T12:30:52.619-04:00Comments on Lost in the Bozone: Sanford, MaineMRMacrumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01414173517957120477noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9728880.post-66355131311373845282016-04-06T01:06:53.518-04:002016-04-06T01:06:53.518-04:00Nice evocative description of Sanford. I loved th...Nice evocative description of Sanford. I loved the towns of Bethel, Rumford and Bryant Pond in western Maine, near the New Hampshire border. I haven't been there since the early '70s. Downtown Rumford looked gritty and industrial; the other 2 towns were a lot smaller and more quaint. Beautiful scenery everywhere. I hope that area hasn't gotten too overpopulated or gentrified or trendy in the 45 years since I've been there.Tom Harperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05610417770240609022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9728880.post-47222405126537506532016-04-04T14:08:44.590-04:002016-04-04T14:08:44.590-04:00Your philosophy of life is well worth emulating. ...Your philosophy of life is well worth emulating. Nice to hear about communities making a comeback.The Blog Fodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9728880.post-8814420095758020132016-04-03T12:33:36.551-04:002016-04-03T12:33:36.551-04:00I know about town's coming back...West is less...I know about town's coming back...West is less than 3,000 and after the explosion a lot of people thought the ones that lost people or homes or business's would move away...we did lose some..but we have built over 150 new homes, a emergency building, SOKOL building, a nursing home and the high school/middle school will be ready by this coming school year I think...yellowdoggrannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14906624317290990109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9728880.post-19375327601102149202016-04-03T09:06:02.593-04:002016-04-03T09:06:02.593-04:00Ol'Buzzard - Yeah, I remember my visits to Act...Ol'Buzzard - Yeah, I remember my visits to Acton as a child visiting my Aunt and Uncle in the late 1950s. At least half the roads in town were still dirt and in the big snow storms, you might not see a plow for 2 or 3 days. Depended on where you lived.<br /><br />BBC - By Maine standards, Sanford is a huge town. Matter of fact, a couple or three years ago it had it's designation changed from "town" to "city". But even if you cram more people in and change the name, if the sidewalks are still being rolled up by 9 at night and there are only 10 or so stop lights, and the biggest problem besidesthe opiod craze is junior rednecks and their jacked up 20 year old pick ups. No, Sanford can call itself whatever it wants, it will always be a small town at heart. MRMacrumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01414173517957120477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9728880.post-68787694201369529442016-04-02T17:54:19.232-04:002016-04-02T17:54:19.232-04:00It isn't so small by some standards. The popu...It isn't so small by some standards. The population was 20,798 in the 2010 census, making it the seventh largest municipality in the state. The town I'm in is about the same population, seems plenty big to me. <br /><br />There is a bike shop here on Austin Ave. One man shop, I guess he is doing well enough to stay open.BBChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323188240580782454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9728880.post-76380934861974974192016-04-02T15:02:15.958-04:002016-04-02T15:02:15.958-04:00I remember the quaint places of Maine in the sixti...I remember the quaint places of Maine in the sixties. There are still a few of them around. But change happens... Farmington is a great village, but has grown so much it only resembles the quaintness of yesterday.<br />the Ol'BuzzardOl'Buzzardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00075162476463971258noreply@blogger.com