Businesses and hospitals typically stay open through even heavy snowfall, and the roads throughout the state tend be very well kept. Unlike some of our southern neighbors, Mainers know how to deal with the white stuff. It just seems that these days we don't have as much to deal with as we used to. TOP OF PAGE Safe Streets People in Maine often talk about leaving their doors unlocked. And some people still do.
Local policemen caution against such practices, but Maine really is a remarkably crime-free place.
The Pine Tree State has been consistently listed as one of the four safest states in the country in FBI statistics, jockeying for position with neighboring New Hampshire and with West Virginia and Kentucky. The trends seem to be continuing. These days just about any search for information begins and ends on the internet. And Maine is well represented. Anyone researching a move to the state will want to check out the following sites.