Well, I am a half mile from I-95, and within a mile or so of everything on my little list. Saco's great, but it's not necessarily the city of my dreams. But it is where I grew up, and where I live for now.
It's hard to explain to people who aren't from here, but this part of the New England coast is sort of different to me than other parts of the country I've lived in or visited. The towns individually may be sort of small, but if I drive down 95 from Portland past Boston, I'm never more than a few miles from a decent sized town with a bunch of stores, restaurants, hotels, and other amenities. You never feel like you're leaving civilization. 17k people here is just a small slice of what feels more like an extended city of several million stretching down the coast for another 100+ miles. 17k people stuck out all alone in the middle of one of them flat states out there is whole 'nother thing. But I'm sure this sounds stupid to everyone but me.
