I’m not in Portland, but the real estate and rental markets in the region (really all of Maine) have exploded in the last year or so. A lot of the units in that part of town got converted to short term leases like this because they’re right near the largest hospital in the state and travel nurse agencies will pay the absurd rents and pass it onto the hospital. The dumbasses in that city narrowly voted down a ban on short term rentals like this in 2020 too.

New York Style

Small, shitty, and overpriced?

But where’s my bodega experience on the ground floor? 2/10, that ain’t new yawk.

gonna buy a shack on top of a mountain somewhere for 5 bucks to get away from the insanity

At this point, any housing policy that prevents more housing is an enemy of the people.