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Maine, where the accents are thick, the winters are thicker, and everyone either owns a lobster trap or knows someone who does. From rocky coastlines to backwoods cabins, Mainers are fiercely independent, suspicious of outsiders, and proud of their roots—whether those roots are in Portland or in a town you’ve never heard of with a population of 23 and one moose. But if you’re looking to see just how frosty that “Down East” hospitality can get, here are 11 subtle ways to mildly annoy someone from the Pine Tree State.
Call it “Mayn.”
It’s “Main.” One syllable. Hard and fast. Just like their winters.
Say all New England seafood tastes the same.
You clearly haven’t had real Maine lobster. Boiled in ocean water. On a dock. At sunset.
Complain that there’s “nothing to do.”
If hiking, fishing, boating, snowmobiling, or surviving winter don’t excite you, kindly return to your TikTok.
Ask if they go to Boston for fun.
That’s Massachusetts, pal. They don’t go south unless absolutely necessary.
Mock the Maine accent.
“Ayuh,” it’s real. And they’ll weaponize it if you keep giggling.
Be surprised they have Wi-Fi.
They do. It’s just sometimes slower than a moose crossing Route 1.
Say lobster is overrated.
That’s not just wrong—it’s unpatriotic.
Act like you’re the first person to discover fall foliage.
Mainers call it “leaf peeping,” and they tolerate it. Barely.
Try to drive in the snow like it’s a novelty.
They’ve been doing donuts in a Subaru since birth. Stay out of the left lane.
Insist that Connecticut has the best New England charm.
Cute. Now go find a less judgmental lighthouse.
Say Stephen King is “a little overrated.”
You’re now banned from Bangor and every small-town bookstore north of Portland.
Still, Mainers are good, salt-of-the-earth people who will help you out of a ditch in a blizzard—right after quietly judging your shoe choice. Just respect the coast, don’t whine about the cold, and for the love of lobstah, don’t ask where the nearest Starbucks is.
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