Picturesque areas of Maine that were once quaint fishing villages and homes to people of modest means are threatened with extinction. People desiring a better way of life move to rural areas of Maine and buy themselves a big chunk of land with money they made from the huge profit they made on there city home, or retired people with high per capita income buy there second home, retirement home, summer home, (whatever you want to call it) and the taxes of every property go up. In many cases it is not proportionate to the lot or the property. A chicken shack on Orrs Island can go on the mark…
