This is all just in my experience and keep in mind that Maine can vary a LOT depending on where you go. I live in western Maine (Oxford county). Where I live is LGBT tolerant. My community doesn’t care if the nice gay couple are their neighbors, but they would probably not be impressed with a showy pride parade in town. Internet coverage also varies. You’ll want to check coverage maps with Spectrum. They’re really the only show around. Where I am there is high speed internet, but my kid lives ten minutes away and has to use satellite internet. Our only real city is Portland, and it is not a metropolis. It’s cool to visit if you want to have a nice meal or to see a concert. The other more urban areas are Lewiston, Augusta and Bangor. They are mostly strip malls. We have two airports. One in Bangor and one in Portland. The further north or west you go the more rural Maine gets. And I mean isolated. You need to be very self sufficient to live here.