Scumbag!

No one is talking about what happened in the Denver Colorado area... It's arguably a bigger threat that will happen here.

Denver area is also supposed to be a small bastion of climate change with upper basin water and climate zones sliding favorably up...

They've had issues with fires and water shortages too, it's one reason why I left. An entire neighborhood block that burned down recently was a few miles away from me and if the winds continued that day my house would've been gone.

Ultimately what's really a threat to Vermonters is a broken property tax system. As property values increase, so do property taxes and just like California and Colorado, eventually the taxes alone will evict the poor from their homes opening it up for rich people to take everything Vermonters worked for.

As the climate change housing market heats up it'll happen here too, with crazy high ballooning prices. Land lots will be insanely priced and some lots will be forced to be subdivided, using imminent domain (also saw this in Colorado). In Colorado, I was paying nearly 11k in property taxes. Due to nearby homes of similar size selling for 150k more, they assessed my property 175k more than the previous review, causing a $300/mo increase in property taxes. It was a crazy burden on me, ultimately I moved to the NEK (this was 2+ years in the planning) to live better within my means and live a simpler life to hopefully prepare for what is to come. Now I fear I'll eventually lose it all to our tax system which persecutes those with less. Mark my words, in the next 30-50 years you'll be unable to afford your taxes and no one is talking about it.

Thank you Mr. Leahy you are truly a testament to the New England ways.

There were a couple years it declined year over year but overall the population has grown at a meager 2% or so over the past 20 years

This isn't just Vermont legislators, it's all legislators. Dealing with climate change means less profits for corporations, can't have that.

Build public housing. Ban airbnb.

Good question. Answer is probably cuz they are mostly rich and/or old who own their homes and plan to stay in them so aren't impacted too much by property values/costs/availability

April of this year after the new inspection stickers were released

2 things I’ve learned since moving here from CNY:

1. Shop around for inspections. No 2 mechanics are alike.

2. 500 dollars in Harbor Freight tools, RockAuto.com, YouTube, and a close attention to detail can save you literally thousands.

It’s a given a shop will fail one of my cars annually for brakes and rotors and quote up 800 dollars in repairs. This is, max, 80 dollars in parts online and a few hours of work.

A different shop failed my Subaru for ball joints and wrote up a 4K dollar quote. Well, guess what? After-market control arms are 100 dollars a piece online. So, with some breaker bars and torque specs, I fixed it myself, and bought some fresh wheel bearings to boot. This literally saved me thousands of dollars, and investing in your own DIY repair skills is priceless.

This may not apply to you currently, but it’ll pay off in the future. Just follow the golden rule: if you repair it, are you comfortable with your family driving in it? If not, learn more and fix it better.

How long ago? These are pretty recent changes.

Is just getting a warning really that likely? I know there's a shortage of cops generally but my commute includes this spot on 91 where I see a state trooper like every other morning, which makes me currently nervous about having expired temporary plates

Hasn't Vermont's population been declining for the past 20 years, until 2021?

Will be interesting to see how it shakes out.

Schnozberries...

Narcotics investigation unit…. 🤔

Also $95k a year plus free drugs?? I’m in the wrong line of work.

Cricket Hill is the right call. I haven't been up there this year, so I don't know if they have enough snow yet. But if they do, it's great trails and free, free, free. https://www.vtcng.com/news_and_citizen/news/local_news/cricket-hill-trails-get-new-signs-and-map/article_a6d45190-a622-11ec-b6e4-6b92d55855ed.html

Support child care for pre-K's, before- and after-care for school age, and health care for everyone and then maybe people could get/have/keep/create/offer jobs.

Support/fund full school bus coverage. Subsidize van pickup/dropoff services for larger employers who can employ entry-level blue collar workers who are more likely to have difficulty with transportation.

It's not just the lack of housing stock or how the price keeps going up, it's being able to work for it in the first place.

Sadly, your state politicians are no different from mine.

Don't preach to me about climate change. I ski, I ice fish and hockey is my favorite sport.

We know that climate change is a threat. What I'm asking is why are Vermont legislators waiting on an inevitable catastrophe to deal with the immediate problem of a housing crisis affecting Vermonters now??

This is insane.

Yeah I mean you can have entirely missing lower control arm rear suspension bushings which on a Subaru for example can be 1.25" of play on just one tire both steering and braking are super impacted but it passes. Same Subaru has a failed intake air temp sensor which is a redundant sensor as it measures at the mass air flow sensor but trips the check engine light that fails. It's important to keep in perspective that our laws are largely made with media shock and awe tactics and law makers reactions to the emotional voting public, not based on experts in the field.

Waiting? Lol Climate change has been hitting everyone hard for at least 5 years now.

It’s not just Vermont. I would bet most northern states will see migration in the next decade

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Good call, do they still do the cardboard sled races there?

What did he take? Allegedly

This is normal. I'm originally from Michigan and have had some gloriously shitty shitboxes that would probably have immolated when they crossed the VT border. Vehicle inspections are new to me too. What you are describing seems par for the course.

I don't think scarf cutting a beer can with two hose clamps is an acceptable exhaust repair in Vermont btw.

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