https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/25/health/maine-student-loan-relief-trnd/index.html
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CNN: Maine will help you pay off your student loans if you move there
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Real talk: Maine is gorgeous, but are there actually jobs to support the people that come in? If you have a remote job, fucking perfect place to live.
I went to school in New Hampshire, and I absolutely love it there, and all the time I say I would move back... IF there were enough jobs there.
I went to school in New Hampshire, and I absolutely love it there, and all the time I say I would move back... IF there were enough jobs there.
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I mean, if you lived there, you'd be able to vote against her.
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This is going to work great until they stop it.
Manitoba had a similar program, go to school here and the provincial government will give you a 10% tax rebate on your tuition a year, up to 60% overall. This worked well until the NDP got voted out and the PCs took power and that was the first thing on the chopping block. Luckily I was just finishing up the program when this happened, but I know plenty of people who weren't as lucky. And the cut wasn't retroactive, one year you got 10%, the next, irregardless of when you graduated you got nothing.
Manitoba had a similar program, go to school here and the provincial government will give you a 10% tax rebate on your tuition a year, up to 60% overall. This worked well until the NDP got voted out and the PCs took power and that was the first thing on the chopping block. Luckily I was just finishing up the program when this happened, but I know plenty of people who weren't as lucky. And the cut wasn't retroactive, one year you got 10%, the next, irregardless of when you graduated you got nothing.
I would, but Texas needs me to help contribute blue votes and my loans probably wouldn't qualify anyway. :/
And Salem's Lot!
And 90% of the other stuff Kind wrote! Maine is spooky, apparently.
Well, shit. I actually enjoy living here.
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The article makes it seem like you might already qualify.
Hmm. That's actually not bad. Probably about $5k free student loan money a year if you're making north of 50k.
Yeah Maine's a pretty nice place and I honestly cant imagine leaving it right now but unless you work in the medical field in any capacity don't expect to have an easy job search.
Oh wow, I assumed it was just to draw people from out of state in. Awesome, I'll have to look into this.
I would move to Maine just to get the robo calls on that to stop. I paid off my loan a decade ago. Help me Maine!
Let's see......
No thanks. I'll stay in a state that's less cold with more diversity.
No thanks. I'll stay in a state that's less cold with more diversity.
Lol, I grew up in Maine and moved away because in-state tuition was just as expensive as out-of-state and the programs were lacking. I'm sure my mother will message me about this later. Job prospects there are still miserable, though. My whole family is still there.
Huh, I'm actually job hunting right now after graduating with a CS degree with a decent student loan debt. Any downside to trying to leave Maine after getting my 2 years or so of experience? Guess I'll send some applications that way, no clue how the software engineering market is over there though.
I am seriously considering this now. I have over $200k in student loans and my wife has over $100k. It is ruining our lives to the point where we have no money really for anything else. I have 2 kids who have even gotten to meet any of their family members on my side because we work in a district that wont give raises and our student loan payments just wipe us out every month. I wonder how hard it would be for 2 teachers to find decent jobs in Maine.
I mean, it's the internet so people always shit talk places they don't live. :P
