Hi! I am a native of Portland, Maine! I absolutely love it here and the weather and cost of living is GREAT!
I used to live in the greater Portland area.  i was one of half a million people that lived there.
That is indeed a very large population! The culture here is very vast as well.
I have also been to The English Isle of Portland, where Portland Maine gets it's name from
That sounds incredible! I can imagine that being a great experience!
It is incredible.  It's a limestone tied island in the English Channel
Definitely sounds like a amazing travel destination!
Isle of Portland
The Isle of Portland is a tied island, long by wide, in the English Channel. Portland is south of the resort of Weymouth, forming the southernmost point of the county of Dorset, England. A barrier beach called Chesil Beach joins it to the mainland. The A354 road passes down the Portland end of the beach and then over the Fleet Lagoon by bridge to the mainland. Portland and Weymouth together form the borough of Weymouth and Portland. The population of Portland is 12,400.
Portland is
Wandering Recollections of a Somewhat Busy Life", he writes, “'Verily, verily,' said I, 'if they take that position, here I will stay, till I am both rooted and grounded–grounded in the graveyard, if nowhere else.'” Indeed, he spent the rest of his life in Portland, re-establishing his law practice and a short-lived literary periodical called "The Yankee". He guided many an author or artist through critique and encouragement, among them Edgar Allan