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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I live in Maine after 20 years in DC and surrounds.  Got Lyme 2 years ago and thought I would die; diagnosed very quickly (the assumption is that you have it if you show any symptoms, and they don't hem/haw and wait for test results, which are often inaccurate anyway, and instead get you on a long course of Doxy right away), and was better in a week.  No lingering or recurring issues.
We do regular tick checks at bath time.

I live in a beach town that is flooded with tourists in July and August, and there is simply no better vacation than a Maine camp/lake house.  If you get a year-round, you can rent it to skiers in the winter. (Whomever posted above that Maine winters are awful is a damn liar - Maine winters are beyond gorgeous!).

I'm betting lake house prices will crash by August because of the travel and rental restrictions in place, so if you're going to buy, do it in a few months.[/quote]

Pfft!  Beyond gorgeous is a matter of perspective for sure.
It gets dark at 3:30 in the afternoon.  Maine needs its own time zone.
It was 27 degrees when I was there on THANKSGIVING
It snowed what, two, three days ago?
You have to hire people to plow your drive way and pull snow and ice off your roof.
Every time my parents have a doctor's appointment - in Boston since health care in Maine is crap - it snows and they have to drive all that way in terrible conditions.
Drugs are a huge problem
The schools are terrible

I could go on and one.  Been trying to get my parents out of there for years.....
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Alas, as you see with your parents, Maine gets in your blood and you can't just leave. 
Indeed I would love our own time zone.  
Thanksgiving snow is breathtaking; 
In Southern Maine we had a small picturesque flurry yesterday, but nothing stayed on the ground - warmed up quickly and we enjoyed a perfect bike ride on the trails after lunch
Get a truck or a good snowblower and you're all set with the plowing; get a roof rake, and you're set for the roof
Hospitals in Portland are good and well-funded, thanks in large part to Barbara Bush, and my young son has received incredible emergency care at our local hospital (including being seen and treated without any wait, which never happened in DC/Fairfax);
Drugs are a problem everywhere, and you're kidding yourself if you think not.  The bigger issue here is a lack of affordable treatment - this is something I bemoan daily as I seek resources for clients.
Schools are great.  Our public elementary class sizes are between 16-18, and I couldn't be happier with the results we're seeing. Our school has done an exceptional job adaption to home/distance learning, and far beyond what lower-state friends post about on facebook.

Unless health issues prevent, I'm certain your parents are happy to be able to isolate in nature. There simply is no better place to quarantine.
But we digress from the lake houses - they're dreamy regardless of the ticks.

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