Recent content by apa99

--- PVD is more "urban?" Huh? If you're saying PVD is a superior city to Worcester based on the fact that the mafia helped pave over the Blackstone River, that's a real shallow evaluation.

Sanford had a net loss of -8 people. A negligible amount that really doesn't say anything about the town one way or another. I have heard many bad things about the "little mogadishu" in Lewiston. I've heard the strain on the schools, the health code violations (e.g., chickens living inside...

I was surprised to see Portland's gains, but more power to 'em. I do not think Lewiston's influx of immigrants is looked upon too fondly by the old timers, even if the census has yielded positive results. I feel vindicated after calling out Sanford planners who boldly predicted 30k by 2010. Ha!

Census figures out. Sanford lost 8 people in 10 years. Biddeford gained 300. Saco gained 1600.

As someone from York County, I think there's a lot of resentment down there about Portland. Not jealousy, but more ambivalence. Part of it is the middle child syndrome, being wedged between Portland and Greater Boston (which is getting closer every day). There is just a general arrogance of...

Most of Biddeford's bad rep is undeserved IMO... Yes the downtown needs a lot of work but its position in southern Maine and its commercial growth put it in one of the best positions in all of Maine. A big misconception I've seen in PPH articles is that Biddeford's population is on the decline...

It's certianly possible that Saco surpasses Biddeford in 2020, but it would not be by much. What amazes me about Biddeford is how unbelievably stable the population has been since WWII. Almost always the same. I still think even in the best of times in the mid-2000s, Sanford planners publicly...

I do seem to remember census 2000 figures had already been released by early November... seems they are later for this one. Brunswick will probably go down a few thousand due to the BNAS closing in 2007. Biddeford, I do believe, can count UNE students who live there, so keep that in mind...

I saw some interesting talk about Sanford, Saco, Scarborough, Biddeford in earlier posts... I'm also interested to see what Census 2010 reveals.... I think Sanford once had lofty goals of 30,000 by 2010... I found that to be a ridiculous estimate, seeing as Maine cities simply don't grow by...