Aug 01 2007
We’re From Away
We bought her car from Goldstein Auto in Latham, New York last year. Their advertising slogan is “Another Goldstein,” and every car they sell comes with a license plate holder with that emblazoned on it. The license plate holder on her car is no longer fully intact, but that which remains is pretty funny given Mainers’ attitudes towards people From Away (especially New York).
Now please don’t think I’m saying that we’ve found people up here to be unfriendly or unwelcoming. Their attitude has been quite the opposite. But there is definitely a difference between native-born Mainers and those who are From Away.