Nora Townsend in Brattleboro

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As you’re driving through town you’ll see a lot of different restaurants.

My favorite has always been Mr Darcy’s. Their parmesan truffle fries are to die for. I haven’t been since they changed ownership, though, so I can’t say if it’s still the same but they have great food and a good atmosphere.

The Downtown Grocery

I'm from northern VT. As little as possible.

DJ's. Great bar, excellent food.

If you're feeling like pizza Ludlow Village Pizza is my favorite although I will say a friend stopped in there back in the fall and wasn't that impressed. I haven't been since 2019 so can't say.

Yeah, winter is definitely not cheap. You don't need 40 lbs of gear in the winter, let alone the summer.

As others have pointed out grid tie is the easiest. But it could very well cost more to get power up a mountain than it would to install the entire off grid setup.

Here’s the sol-ark 15kw, they make a 12kw that could work too. https://www.sol-ark.com/sol-ark-15k-all-in-one/

Kamouraska, just north of Québec City, is beautiful! As is the Charlevoix region :) if you don’t mind driving a bit further, the Gaspésie region is stunning! Or drive over to Nova Scotia - I love Cape Breton but there are so many gems all over the province.

Calling police? What??? Calling police bc someone is hiking a trail would be certifiable. If you took my comment as defensive... IDK. People tire of lectures from young, rich white kids. Sorry.

Thank you! I will look into Sol-Ark just to understand what that can look like :)

New Haven, CT has lots of arts, culture, dining, cool architecture, great live music scene. Just made NYT “best places to visit in 2023 list”. The casinos in eastern CT (Mohegan, Foxwoods) are fun. In the summer, RI shoreline is lovely, highly recommend taking the ferry to Block Island and renting some bikes or scooters (limited cars on the island). Providence is another cool small city, with dining, arts, music, etc.

Oops, try green mountain solar.

I’d steer clear of sun common and sun run, particularly for this type of installation.

Your best bet might be to get an electrician to do everything except the actual solar panel install.

This is very doable if you’re willing to manage your power around the solstice or install a small standby generator. Any hybrid inverter will work, Sol-ark comes to mind first. It will manage your batteries and call on the generator only as a last resort.

Well, it's been my experience that town clerks have a sixth sense about these things (docs missing from their records), but I'd say the actual burden of proof on that falls to the forensic auditors.

VT digitizing records is relatively new compared to some other states. I believe they got funding from the CARES Act to do so.

Go to the card catolog indexes. They're sorted alphabetically by grantor/grantee name. Depending on the town, they'll be current (except for any docs received/submitted for recording 12/25/22 or later).

Bro Yellowstone is the reason u won’t move to CO🤣🤣🤣

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No, all the people that have been to Canada and had a great time are downvoting.

This post is ironic right?

Thank you, all! This verifies for me that I have to be connected to the grid in order to have sustained living.

I think Skyscanner is broken. Says there are flights to Orlando for $580, but when I click it all I see is $900+

My understanding is that being off grid would require a huge amount of battery power and even then would often not provide sufficient power during winter.

That said, you can accumulate credits by selling power back to the grid to offset your winter bill. Friends up in Vergennes do just that—and pay next to nothing for electricity.

good lord.

people never stop making go wtf.

Things I've seen in the last 5-10 years:

• staring, which is just weird
• Giving instructions on how to hike; assuming that because a person is black, they are new to hiking
• A woman that was vocally surprised to see a black family hiking, and gave a shitty "compliment".

Mandarin in Winooski. Great food, seemingly a family operation. Their pork spareribs, lo mein and soups are top notch.