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Kudos to Vermont for having the vision to preserve these lines. I grew up in North Jersey where so much irreplaceable row is lost forever and sorely needed now.

Exactly, like if you’re interested in stone house architecture go to a museum or something. Vermonters also are becoming more militant towards leaf peeper types because they’re sick and tired of being disregarded and disrespectful by the people wanting nothing but pictures of their homes and yards.

Building a house is environmentally horrific.

I mean i dont even hate rutland. I just recognize what it is, based on my experiences there. Your analogy is a stretch.

Yeah what does OP mean by “visit”?

This is like asking for a list of all the wood siding houses in VT so they can visit.

What are they expecting to do? These houses are mostly private properties.

I’m close to Bennington on the southern end of the state so I can’t comment on Fidium in your area, but I have had Fidium for close to 4mo and I love them.

Been through 2 storms that knocked out power. As the power returned I had internet.

I’m on the lowest tear plan at $35 and I got 2 Wi-Fi routers with it. I use streaming services for tv and have a ton of smart plugs and cameras and I haven’t noticed anything buffering or working slow.

My wife and I ate at the Tuckerbox a few years back and it knocked our socks off. We topped it off with a traditional Turkish liquor that had licorice in it. Just a wonderful, unique dining experience.

Look into the Vermont Green Building Network, the companies and individuals involved in that group. Vermont has an excellent group of informed, experienced people in the green building space.

Also just the value of being comfortable and knowing what your bills will be!

If you understand how the sun moves across the earth and how things like eaves are used in passive homes, this is specifically designed for. It is used beneficially by designing appropriately.

Something to consider here is the difference between a predictable expense and a variable expense. That 10% is rolled into the mortgage over decades and is a stable, predictable expense that results in an incredibly comfortable home (I cannot overstate how comfortable efficiency homes are). Versus the variability of annual energy expenses over time.

Really what needs to happen is factoring in energy efficiency into home value.

The US has a Passive House standard, the above commenter used the German spelling, that is much better aligned with US climate zones. Getting your home Passive House Certified is likely a bit over rated, like many certifications unless they open up funding.

You can absolutely build a Passive House without getting it certified which is totally worth is.

That being said, there are freaking excellent green building experts in Vermont with loads of experience who can guide you on what approach is right for you.

Spray foam is environmentally horrific. The expansion agent used in it is really freaking bad. White foam uses a different expansion agent that is exponentially less damaging.

Vermont has an excellent network of energy nerds. Check out the Vermont Green Building Network and the folks who get engaged locally in these projects.

Less popular parties will get more total votes, that doesn’t mean they will get more candidates elected. The flaw in your view, is that you are assuming the VTGOP remains a viable party. It won’t, it barely is now. AND, by definition an independent voter sometimes votes right, sometimes votes left… they aren’t beholden to either party. So they are fairly centered. They aren’t all of a sudden going to leap frog the more moderate party to support the more extreme party? If you have Trump, Biden, and Sanders as candidates, and you remove Trump because the Republican Party is no longer relevant, who do you think those right leaning independents and conservatives are going to vote for? Sanders or Biden? The left leaning independents were mostly already voting for Biden anyways. It has nothing to do with popularity, it has to do with where on the political spectrum the party is compared with where the voters are.

You can rank away all you want, but the shift in votes has to come from somewhere and we are already almost at 1 party rule as is. This will exacerbate it. Republicans already can’t even override a veto?

> based on their skin color

people in the 1790s also said "its the experiences I've had with these people that drive my hate for them, it's not their skin color!!!"

that's what modern day racists say too...

it's a terrible analogy, to be honest. it's not really analogous at all, except for the fact that one person's lived experiences are a terrible way to give basis to an entire town (ie, "I got robbed in Brandon! Brandon sucks and is high crime!" well no, you just had one bad experience there...).

your "experiences" were already colored by hate for the town from the beginning.

people hate rutland for the same reason people hate nickelback. it's the thing to do.

Wayside

Get a pellet stove.

Couldn't agree more!

Middlebury to Randolph

Would suck. Almost as bad as

Driving currently

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Middlebury to Randolph would suck. Almost as bad as driving currently

I meam, generalizing an entire population of people, based on their skin color, is extremely different than forming an opinion on a town based on experiences, and friends experiences there...but sure, go against the status quo buddy, love rutland, someones gotta.

The nudists must be cold this morning

Cops don’t have to follow the rules to enforce them. They can literally lie to you during a stop or during questioning.