the world. this is the very beginning of maine s 2nd congressional district which is what we came to check out. we wondered what people do for a living along this border without walls. so we headed to the town of mars hill. you guys produce millions of potatoes a year out of your operation here? millions and millions, yes. reporter: nick s family business produces potatoes for chips like lay s here in the county that produces more potatoes than any other in the u.s. can i pull one out of the ground? yes. reporter: is idaho a dirty word around here? a little bit. reporter: one of the issues around here people care about, i mean, is this it? that s part of it. that s a big part of it to say. paychecks and their jobs. reporter: nick mentioned that paychecks and jobs had been drawing up for another local industry. so we headed to the town of millinocket which was hit hard when maine s paper mills started closing because of foreign competition. the great northern paper mill,
around here that people care about? is this it? that s part of it. it s a big part of it for us, obviously. paychecks and their jobs. reporter: nick mentioned that paychecks and jobs had been drying up for another local industry. so we headed to one town hit hard when maine s paper mills started closing because of foreign competition. we drove here to this place, which is the great northern paper mill. or at least it yeused to be. er. just looking down here. this is mike, who s out here fishing. yeah, doing a little small mouth fishing. reporter: how many people lost their jobs when this place closed? i would say in the thousands. reporter: in the thousands? yeah. reporter: these guys let us in, and we got to see a 700-foot-long building. what matters to people here? jobs. people would love to come back here and work, but they have to be able to support themselves. reporter: to find out where residents of the district are going for jobs, we went to bangor, the bigge