ironwolf56

...is it seriously set in Portland? Because a) Portland is not considered a "small town" by anyone here and b) Portland is about 3 hours SOUTH of even the most southern parts of what's actually called Downeast. Calling Portland Downeast would be like... calling Boston "The Hamptons."

Well for one thing apparently this is a story set in Portland and Boston and he calls it Downeast so... yeah.

Yes that's my point.

What do you consider Downeast? I ask because I grew up in the area and what a lot of times you see called Downeast, the locals would refer to as more like Midcoast.

Edit: Apparently he didn't even get as close as Midcoast sigh

Oorah Devil Dog. I'm also a USMC veteran (0311 in an LAR, served 99-02, out a bit early on medical). I now have a bachelor's degree, a good chunk of work experience and have always done VERY well (I scored 99 percentile on my ASVAB and a 1440 on the old 1600 range SAT, needless to say the recruiter was floored when I asked for Infantry). I've often felt like putting veteran background on your resume, even when it was over a decade ago now, can really hurt, what do you think? Security jobs and other "blue collar" type stuff I've done (factory work during summers in college for example) it helps, but anything white collar and career? Not so much.