I grew up in Maine, and I've never heard that. Pretty much, we just complained when it was cold in the winter, and complained when it was hot in the summer.
I'll take a wild guess and assume that this "journalist" spent a few weeks in Maine one summer, and now calls himself a "Mainer". Whatta Dip.
“Pretty much, we just complained when it was cold in the winter, and complained when it was hot in the summer.”
So then, folks from Maine are just like everyone else, every where else... Who’d a thunk it?
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