A beautiful place to live in Portland is on the East End, near the Eastern Promenade. It's about 3/4 mile out of town up on a hill (called Munjoy Hill), but feels like you're 10 miles out of town. Grassy areas and fields looking right out over the ocean. You can even walk to the Old Port and get bombed if you want. if its just two of you, check out apartments with Dirigo Management near the Eastern Promenade. Apartments I'm thinking of aren't huge, but very nice and nicely situated. I lived in the area for 14 months- great location. $750 for 2bedroom 900+ sq ft hardwood floors 2 yrs ago, but more like 775 or 800 now I'm guessing.