Maine is awesome! But you don't want to get there to early as it stays pretty Damn cold until June or later, if your a Georgia boy (like me) it could be tough. They get a lot of snow, a lot! And it doesn't fully melt until Kate in the year. THEN, in June and July the black flies come out. If you don't know what they are, trust me, they SUCK (some pun intended) also there is the 'state bird' the mosquito. It can also be difficult to get from place to place in Maine, a common Mainer saying, "you can't get there from here"
Ok, so those are the negatives and I had to get them out of the way. Maine is generally a pretty accepting state. People are friendly, but sometimes can come of as rude (if your a southerners used to overly polite people) because they call it like they see it and give no fucks. Maine is a very GREEN state, weed's easy to come by, cheap, and delicious. There are not many cops outside the big cities. I was told, while smoking a "J bone" on the main street in front of the general store of this town, not to worry the cops come by on Tuesday.
Work can be difficult to find depending on when and where you are there. Winter time is not a good time to look for work.
All in all, I highly recommend going, if it didn't get so unimaginably cold there I'd spend a lot more time there.