That's great! I hope it works out for you

Thank you everyone! Sounds like some of my confusion was warranted and that’s good to know about some amenities not being available. Sounds like this will be a last resort place just for the sheer lack of transparency whether intentional or not.

On a side note, if anyone has the energy or knowledge, are the schools in South Portland good, I.e. kids from diverse backgrounds, academically solid, teachers seem to like working there, rampant bullying not an issue?

Sir, I said 4WD and AWD make more than a 10% difference. I meant four wheel and all wheel as I typed them.

If you're saying you don't fishtail like a bitch in winter with front wheel drive you either live in downtown Portland or are a liar.

FWD = Front Wheel Drive

AWD = All Wheel Drive

RWD = Rear Wheel Drive

4WD = 4-Wheel Drive

These are common automotive industry acronyms. Nobody uses FWD to mean Four Wheel Drive.

You wrote >4WD and AWD must factor higher than 10%

And I replied that they do not. 4WD/AWD have relatively miniscule impact on the driveability of a vehicle in snow compared to a similar vehicles equipped with only 2WD. 4WD and AWD are effectively the exact same, with only a handful of minor differences in regards to the function of the system, NOT the driveability of the vehicle.

The only thing that actually matters, unless you're stuck in a snowbank, is the tires you have on the vehicle. That's it.

The wood stove will save your ass if it gets really cold or the power goes out. I put in a heat pump, got rid of oil and kept the wood stove and pellet stove for power outages and extreme cold. It works great. So the heat pump isn't really sole source of heat. You'll be fine.

Back in the '90s I was working for a land surveyor. Redbank was the only place we ever worried about our gear. "Worried about" like kept the truck locked and never let anything out of our sight.

I'm told it's better now but that was a pretty low bar...

I'm not trying to convince you to shop at Big Lots. All I'm saying is, if Maine mandates a particular amount of "product longevity", I don't think it's reasonable to suggest that anyone shopping at a discount store should expect their purchases to be exempt.

Liberty Commons & Redbank are owned by the same group, it was JRK Residential (the CA company someone cited) and they have recently changed the name to Two Coast Living Management, “a residential property management company that owns & operates stylish, convenient, & modern communities found in urban and semi-urban communities across the United States” per their website.

As a general note both Redbank and Liberty even seem to share the same Fitness Center/Business Center/Clubhouse but who knows when their “Multi-Million Dollar Renovations” will ever be done.

*A side note on that - they do not seem to be disclosing that fact prior to lease signing that the space is not currently open, and that their best guess is it will re-open “sometime in the spring” - something potential renters should be made aware of prior to renting. It was closed as of December 2022 and remains shut down at the moment.

5.7 >>> shotguns for home defense/pest control. Better to have one of those lying around IMO

Not in the middle. It's across the road. Is still very much shitty. Apartments themselves are kinda nice. People aren't as good.

And let's not forget Brick Hill smack-dab in between the two of them, which is just as shitty as Redbank last I heard.

That's impressive in its own way.

Post Sample P90 and yeah welcome to military towns in NC haha. I’d say anywhere in NC but not everyone has the discretionary funding to be dumbasses like us.

Serious note though, 5.7 calibers are top tier pest control and home defense rounds. I’d highly recommend having one lying around over a shotgun for a litany of reasons.

But is the quality good? Is the return policy solid or will they give you a hard time? Is online ordering solid all around?

Asking real questions here. My respective guesses are no, might give you a hard time, and...probably not.

I will state for a third time: personal preference. But if you're gonna try to convince me to shop at Big Lots, I'm a tough customer, sorry.

They may be owned by the same company now(I have no idea), but they have always been very different. They are right next to each other. Liberty commons has always been a nice, upscale, not very affordable place to live. Redbank has always been a last resort, half-ass remodeled, place for people who couldn't afford to live in sopo. It has also always been a great place for having your home broken into and robbed. Now it's less affordable and slowly losing that vibe.

So I write something. You rethink your own version of what I said, then make an argument based off your own comment. Am I missing something?

Just move to where you can complain about it being too hot.

Okay yes it’s confusing right?! I appreciate you taking the time to look into this too!

Very devise views sure, but they are by no means unpopular with probably 1/3 of the population holding similiar.

No prob although upon taking a closer look I was mistaken, Liberty Commons is a separate property that also appears to have been purchased by the same company. Different setups but same office on MacArthur Circle.

Thank you!

Just a wild guess here but Redbank was fairly recently purchased by a Californian (I think) real estate company. Redbank is/was considered a “not so great” area so this new company is in the process of driving out the current residents with absurd rent increases in hopes of gentrifying it and cashing in on the rush to move to the Portland area.

Short answer; yep, same property.

Your buddy just has a P90 laying around? What the fuck?

I feel the quality of CDB coffee has gotten worse over the last couple years. A client has some relationship with them and drops of a bag from time to time. Same roast, whole bean, but so much worse now then 2 or 3 years ago.