Snow has ice in it when it’s been sitting on your car like this. If you speed up it can come off and crack the windshield of the person behind you.

You deserve to go to jail

I'd call that an ass hat.

Maple syrup mixed the sauce and maple cheese

I can and it is!

Oof. I’m originally from Michigan and moved to vt about 21 years ago. The winters are not the same. It’s icier here and much colder and you definitely need snow tires. Driving here is different than there. Just a warning, because I also didn’t think it would be all that different.

Its just snow, how is it going to hurt you even if it falls off. I always did this when i lived where it snowed. I'm 62 now, if i lived there i'd do it too

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That’s just bananas.

Driving in Vermont is VERY different than driving in Michigan. I went to college and lived a decade in West Michigan (Holland, Zeeland, Allendale, Wyoming, Grand Rapids) so I thought I knew snow dealing with lake effect and squalls every winter. Vermont is VERY different. For one, we have a lot more ice and mud. It's also a lot more variable, going from rain to sleet to snow to hail - all in the same drive. I was able to drive carefully and survive with my front-wheel drive with all-season tires in Michigan. Here I have AWD and use snow tires with studs every winter just to make sure the car stays on the road. Also, 50% of roads in Vermont are dirt and in the spring, mud season is quite a challenge that I never experienced in MI . Take my word for it, you don't want to live far from work if you can avoid it. The closer the better - just for your own sanity and to free yourself from worry.

Castleton might be a good fit. It's a college town and has more diversity than some of the other areas. It's right off of 4, a pretty direct route to Killington and about 15 minutes from Rutland so you still get that small VT village feel but you're still close to a "bigger" city

I was misunderstood, of course Vermonters can be inconsiderate drivers. I was referring to vanity plates that send r/vermont off the woke deep end.

Exactly. The stretch between killington and 89 feels like it takes forever, and then it’s another hour at least. The job sounds great but not at all worth that horrible commute.

B.A.N.A.N.A.

Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anything.

Obviously it can change, but I’m seeing a low of -8F in the forecast for the end of next week. 🥶

yep i voted this down, because you should research places before taking a job there, and that you make moving to another state an issue of race. it's obnoxious and wreaks of troll behavior. congrats to your husband btw! is all of VT racist? I never laughed so hard ever in my life!

In the southern Vermont ski areas, I'd say a frozen digornio sold at $23.99.

Always clear the snow and ice from the highest point of the vehicle. Work your way down until all debris is cleared. Also a good time to check for obstructions. Obstruction may include but not limited to; toys, vehicles, pets and children.

wow VT is gonna get crowded soon.

Time to update statutes then. They aren't carved in granite.

Didn’t miss the free reddit coins till this post.

2 hours in the summer. F that drive in the winter

27 fatalities for cougars, 21 for wolves. That's a very small difference. There are also about twice as many cougars in the US as wolves, so that seems to be mostly related to their population difference and possibly variance.

But there's just one flaw in that logic: unlike wolves, cougars live very close to humans out west, especially in California and Colorado. There are urban mountain lion populations in Los Angeles and the Bay Area. Millions of people hike in foothills where mountain lions live, and while sightings are common, attacks are extraordinarily rare. When they do happen, it's typically a juvenile lion that tragically mauls a small child who wandered too far away from their adult humans. Cats are ambush predators. They generally only pick easy fights, and humans aren't easy prey.

Wolves live nowhere near people, for the most part. Eastern coyotes are also wolf hybrids, and are closely related. My aunt was actually attacked by a coyote pack in MA. Packs of coyotes have killed small dogs being walked by women. They are far bolder than mountain lions. Also, just look at what a huge political issue wolves have become out west, now that the wolves aren't on the brink of extinction anymore. Ranchers want to kill every last one of them all over again, because wolves have no fear of humans.

I suppose no one is really that objective about this topic, though. Mostly comes down to whether you like domestic cats or dogs more. Either wild variant will kill you if you pick a fight with one, without a stick that goes boom. At any rate, nature needs another apex predator around here. If nature picks the big doggos, so be it. I'd just prefer the big kitties.

I see no person. Just one big asshole.