Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44 Page 45 Page 46 Page 47 Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Page 51 Page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 56 Page 57 Page 58 Page 59 Page 60 Page 61 Page 62 Page 63 Page 64 Page 65 Page 66 Page 67 Page 68 Page 69 Page 70 Page 71 Page 72 Page 73 Page 74 Page 75 Page 76 Page 77 Page 78 Page 79 Page 80 Page 81 Page 82 Page 83 Page 84 Page 85 Page 86 Page 87 Page 88 Page 89 Page 90 Page 91 Page 92 Page 93 Page 94 Page 95 Page 96 Page 97 Page 98 Page 99 Page 100 Page 101 Page 102 Page 103 Page 104 Page 105 Page 106 Page 107 Page 10836 p o r t l a n d monthly magazine Insights Portlandrentalscontinuetobevastlyunafford- able.Theirreportsuggeststheaveragecostfora two-bedroomrentalhasincreasedfrom$1,023 in2011to$1,426in2015.Bythismeasure,73.1 percentofrenterhouseholdsareunabletoaf- fordtheaveragetwo-bedroomrent,basedon thecity’smedianincome. Our Points of Origination Reporting on Portland’s cultural diversity, the Portland Press Herald, using U.S. Cen- sus figures, lists 28.2 percent of Portlanders “born away” in 1980, 40.9 percent of Port- landers “born away” in 2000, and 50.7 per- cent of Portlanders “born away” in 2015. All of which is an indicator of how pop- ular Portland is becoming. C omparing Portland’s population to the rest of Maine: In Maine, the fe- male/male ratio is 51.1 percent to 48.9 percent. (In 1790, Maine’s percentage of females to males was 48.8 percent to 51.2 per- cent. In 1990, it was 51.3 to 48.7.) In Portland, it’s 50.9 percent to 49.1 percent. Contrast this to Camden, which is 56.5 to 43.5. Portland’s population is increasing, too. From 64,358 in 1990, it rose to 66,881 in 2015. The age of a Portlander, however young compared to the rest of Maine, has had a slight uptick over the last few years. This may have to do with luxury condos with price points that shut out many millennial buyers. These senior ‘new lifers’ are high- net-worth life learners here for the cul- ture, for the restaurants, for the walkabil- ity and sense of community. Give up the mansion, have a yard sale, give up the sec- ond car (and buy a Vespa–see above), but for God’s sake, make sure there’s an eleva- tor for the dog. n their data, the Portland rental housing market has a vacancy rate of only 5.5 percent, down from 8.3 percent in April 2010.” The report goes on to say that, “during the next three years, demand is expected for 2,000 new mar- ket-rate rental units.” The report says things are even tighter in the apartment market, where vacancy rates have lowered rapidly in the past fewyears. “Fromthethirdquarterof2014throughthe thirdquarterof2015,theapartmentvacancy ratedeclinedfrom3.6to2.9percent.” TheMaineHousingyearlyAffordabilityIn- dexfrom2015reportsthat,whilehousingcon- tinuedtobeaffordableonastatewidebasis,in According to the BMV of Maine, 386 Portlanders registered their mopeds for the road in 2015–up from 218 in 2011, an increase of 77 percent. Corey Templeton