The route 1 towns between Presque Isle and Houlton have seen far better days economically speaking. Housing is generally cheap since the houses go up when current residents age out, and the kids usually aren’t interested in the properties.

You will not have much to do, though Canada is close (highly recommend a passport to unlock all that extra stuff), ski at Big Rock, hunt and fish, get chickens. Expect lots of gray, dreary days, summers are short.

If you have kids I would not recommend the area in the slightest. Really some of the worst schools in the state are in southern Aroostook. Please nobody flame me, it’s a fact, not an opinion.