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Robert Gray said:
Well there are a couple of bridges in Bangor and none of them look like that... or at least I haven't seen one like that yet. We will take some pictures of the local bridges when we do. We did get our apartment today, wherein we will dwell for some time until we buy a house. We now live on Main Street in Maine. We found that pretty amusing. Ms. Mod was a big help and it was nice to see her again. It has been raining pretty solidly since we hit the state. Since we arrived in Portland for our drive up to Bangor around midnight on Tuesday we, quite literally, got to say "it was a dark and stormy night as the couple drove the rural roads into Derry."
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Rainy Season in Maine? :eek:
 
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If you happen into a small store, bell over the door, wood-stove in the back and probably fired up this time of year...maybe go on back and ask those gathered if it'd be okay to take a photo. I don't know or recall specifically if there is a scene like that in It...or Insomnia...or others located in Derry...but the scene is so iconic to King's stories. Maybe it isn't a stove...maybe it's a center table in a diner or restaurant...those are always fun to visit when you're out and about. Maybe there's a spot by the fence near the airport and some old buck is wandering around there with a book of poetry in his hands. That'd be neato...picture of that.
 
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Dark Tower said:
Honestly a large portion of the Made-For-TV-Series was recorded in Canada. I'm not sure if that's what everyone is looking for or not.

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Robert Gray said:
Well there are a couple of bridges in Bangor and none of them look like that... or at least I haven't seen one like that yet. We will take some pictures of the local bridges when we do. We did get our apartment today, wherein we will dwell for some time until we buy a house. We now live on Main Street in Maine. We found that pretty amusing. Ms. Mod was a big help and it was nice to see her again. It has been raining pretty solidly since we hit the state. Since we arrived in Portland for our drive up to Bangor around midnight on Tuesday we, quite literally, got to say "it was a dark and stormy night as the couple drove the rural roads into Derry."
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I wouldn't expect you would see that bridge here--the google map info says it's in Vancouver, BC! =D The bridge that runs over the Kenduskeag/Valley Avenue in Bangor isn't quite as quaint.

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Walter Oobleck said:
If you happen into a small store, bell over the door, wood-stove in the back and probably fired up this time of year...maybe go on back and ask those gathered if it'd be okay to take a photo. I don't know or recall specifically if there is a scene like that in It...or Insomnia...or others located in Derry...but the scene is so iconic to King's stories. Maybe it isn't a stove...maybe it's a center table in a diner or restaurant...those are always fun to visit when you're out and about. Maybe there's a spot by the fence near the airport and some old buck is wandering around there with a book of poetry in his hands. That'd be neato...picture of that.
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Walter said "Neato"
 
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Neibolt Street is fictional but I don't remember if Steve has ever mentioned what the equivalent is, if there really is one.

The Goodwill Store is on Stillwater Avenue in the Bangor Mall area. It's a very popular one and I've heard you can get some good deals there. I haven't been there myself in years as it's a bit hard to get in/out of their parking lot. An acquaintance of mine found a copy of Six Stories there for $1 which she then sold on Ebay for $1,000. I knew the person it had belonged to. He had passed away and the family by mistake packed it up with other books for donation to Goodwill not realizing what they had done. I heard all of this after the fact along with some of the drama of the family wanting the person who'd bought it to give them the money. She didn't.
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a 999 dollar profit for a used book? You don't see that every day! Good on her.
 
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I will be in Bangor again this weekend on Friday and Saturday bringing down a load of furniture for the apartment. A good friend who "owes" me is making the 34 hour drive in a Uhaul with me and going to help me take the stuff up to the third floor. He is a friend if ever there was one... :D I kind of plan of luring several of my close friends to Maine eventually.
 
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Robert Gray said:
I will be in Bangor again this weekend on Friday and Saturday bringing down a load of furniture for the apartment. A good friend who "owes" me is making the 34 hour drive in a Uhaul with me and going to help me take the stuff up to the third floor. He is a friend if ever there was one... :D I kind of plan of luring several of my close friends to Maine eventually.
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34 hour drive?! :eek: Holy poop, and I thought I lived up in the back and beyond!

Have fun, Robert--and please keep us updated on your adventures. :)
 
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34 hour drive?! :eek: Holy poop, and I thought I lived up in the back and beyond!

Have fun, Robert--and please keep us updated on your adventures. :)
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I fully intend to do so. I think the change is so radical that it is worth tracking with a blog that both my wife and I write in, some Bangor-Cams and just general insights. We have already noticed some rather interesting cultural differences. The one that was most pronounced is crosswalks. They stop in Bangor for pedestrians. They do it 100% of the time at crosswalks and so far they seem to have a tendency to stop for you at other places too. I felt powerful. Most of their crosswalks don't even have the button keyed to the light, i.e. they don't get a redlight when you push the button. They simply just stop on their own and obey the law. In Texas, you are running the gauntlet even when you do get one with a button and a redlight. :D Traffic does not stop for pedestrians unless forced. When Rachael and I were walking around town we felt so very important, as if the world revolved around us.
 
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Robert Gray said:
I fully intend to do so. I think the change is so radical that it is worth tracking with a blog that both my wife and I write in, some Bangor-Cams and just general insights. We have already noticed some rather interesting cultural differences. The one that was most pronounced is crosswalks. They stop in Bangor for pedestrians. They do it 100% of the time at crosswalks and so far they seem to have a tendency to stop for you at other places too. I felt powerful. Most of their crosswalks don't even have the button keyed to the light, i.e. they don't get a redlight when you push the button. They simply just stop on their own and obey the law. In Texas, you are running the gauntlet even when you do get one with a button and a redlight. :D Traffic does not stop for pedestrians unless forced. When Rachael and I were walking around town we felt so very important, as if the world revolved around us.
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:eek: People don't stop in Texas?
Maybe I would feel at home in Maine?--I have seen kitty cats and dogs use the pedestrian walks here because people always stop on the zebra crossings. :biggrin2:
 
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Robert Gray said:
I fully intend to do so. I think the change is so radical that it is worth tracking with a blog that both my wife and I write in, some Bangor-Cams and just general insights. We have already noticed some rather interesting cultural differences. The one that was most pronounced is crosswalks. They stop in Bangor for pedestrians. They do it 100% of the time at crosswalks and so far they seem to have a tendency to stop for you at other places too. I felt powerful. Most of their crosswalks don't even have the button keyed to the light, i.e. they don't get a redlight when you push the button. They simply just stop on their own and obey the law. In Texas, you are running the gauntlet even when you do get one with a button and a redlight. :D Traffic does not stop for pedestrians unless forced. When Rachael and I were walking around town we felt so very important, as if the world revolved around us.
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I'm looking forward to reading all of your observations. Will you be relating the same info. to us that you do in your blog? Or should we sign up there to follow your adventures more closely? :smile2:
 
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Robert Gray said:
I fully intend to do so. I think the change is so radical that it is worth tracking with a blog that both my wife and I write in, some Bangor-Cams and just general insights. We have already noticed some rather interesting cultural differences. The one that was most pronounced is crosswalks. They stop in Bangor for pedestrians. They do it 100% of the time at crosswalks and so far they seem to have a tendency to stop for you at other places too. I felt powerful. Most of their crosswalks don't even have the button keyed to the light, i.e. they don't get a redlight when you push the button. They simply just stop on their own and obey the law. In Texas, you are running the gauntlet even when you do get one with a button and a redlight. :D Traffic does not stop for pedestrians unless forced. When Rachael and I were walking around town we felt so very important, as if the world revolved around us.
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Bangor Maine sounds like many places I have been to in Canada - I think that is the way is should be - pedestrians always have the right of way!
 
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Robert Gray said:
Three years ago my wife and I got married and spent our honeymoon in Maine. Our trip, not surprisingly, included Mt. Desert Island (Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, etc.), Bangor and the surrounding area. We had a wonderful time and had already made up our minds that Maine was where we intend to build our future and likely spend the rest of our lives. It has taken three years to put a lot of ducks in a row and now we are preparing for the move. Next week (our anniversary week) we will be returning to Maine, and Bangor in particular, to scout out houses and apartments for our move. It will be a real treat going back to Derry and we will take many pictures and videos. If anyone wants some specific shots of a location from their favorite book, let us know.

*We posted this here in the It section since that book contains the most views of Derry, but I suppose we should have posted this in the other novel sections wherein the city is showcased.
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Isn't Derry a fictional town in Maine ?
 
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