Recent comments in /f/vermont

[deleted] t1_j2dqjy7 wrote

People hear “darkness” and they think shorter days, but much of VT is as cloudy as Seattle, just like upstate NY. That’s what really gets people, IMO. It’s not as bad as Alaska or Scotland, but it’s pretty awful.

The days themselves are actually not that much shorter than northern Florida, and we get longer summer days in return. It all balances out.

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BothCourage9285 t1_j2dqe4s wrote

Sorry, but this is false. They soft open at 945 Sunday thru Friday, 915 on Saturdays, no one special gets in the door early without advanced permission from the GM. It's a safety issue

Business card holders used to get in an hour early about 25 years ago

Gas station opens at 6am Monday thru Saturday and 7am on Sunday

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Radarker t1_j2doos2 wrote

For my partner and I, we learned we were wasting money until we learned to buy bulk that doesn't expire. Toilet paper, paper towels, butter for the freezer, chicken breasts for the freezer, jarred and dry food items that last at least 6 months. We do save money, but we definitely wasted a lot of food before we realized that the amounts sold of many items are too large for 2 people to consume.

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Unusual-Form-77 t1_j2dntu8 wrote

It's drugs, mental health, guns, and our weak legal system. Our (former?) commissioner of Public Safety, Mike Sherling said as much. He also said that offenders have told law enforcement that they come specifically to Vermont to do their drug trade because our legal system is less robust than our New England neighbors. With drugs, comes crime. We also have a lot of suicide.

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