I don't know either that we'll but I'm just speculating. I'm only really familiar with eastern Vermont

So much whining nowadays. Must be all the new people are crybabies

Demographically, they are similar. If you have specific questions about Montpelier, I can probably help but I don't know Middlebury as well.

Lol. Sorry bro, you're fucked.

Yeah, I agree. Or Middlebury, potentially?

I think you'll like Montpelier

I want a house, a fixer upper, and I'm pretty open. I want a nice, friendly, artsy, small town. I have friends that have lived in Vermont and loved it. I'm coming to visit in May. Thanks for everyones advice its helpful.

Thanks, that sounds actually pretty cool.

If you want a city, Brattleboro is my choice: I like my cities a bit 'rough around the edges', and Bratt is that. It's not a college-party town like Burlington, it's not a white-wine-liberal-boring-ass-old-people town like Montpelier, and it's not in the middle of a goddamn race war disguised as a drug task force operation like Bennington.

Bratt is a place with some authenticity, a cool art scene, some decent restaurants, plenty of "Vermont weirdness" (don't bother moving here if you're not moving here because it's a bit weird - that's the point), good outdoor rec opportunities, and it's more convenient to cities than other places in VT. You're just a 2 hour drive from Boston (I used to go to boston for concerts adn drive back the same night), 45 min from Northampton, 60 min to Springfield, Mass (if you want to gamble or get cheaper heroin than you can get in VT).

Real estate prices in Bratt aren't as ridiculous as in other parts of the state. The schools are great. There's *great* small communities nearby if you want to be *near* Bratt, but not *in* Bratt (check out Putney, Marlboro, West Bratt, Newfane, etc...).

Also, since I'm talking about Bratt, it has to be said - RIP Ray McNeill and McNeill's. It's been a sad fucking few years and that was a fucking kick in the guts. The world is a way worse place because of that loss.

If you comparing to LA, all the places you mention are tiny. Brattleboro is close to western MA and Montpellier is about 30 min from Burlington (I think).

You don't mention what you want in a place so I think if you provide more details that would be helpful

I'll say only that Brattleboro has the highest property taxes in the state, or it did when I bought, and it's no joke. I regret buying in Brattleboro. Good luck in your purchase.

No problem with a fixer upper. I'm pre-approved for a mortgage and my loan officer knows I'm considering Vermont as my home.

I'm originally from Portland, Oregon. I live in LA and I work remote. I've lived in New York and New Jersey before, etc. I want to spend around $300k max.

I bet she does too 😃

My 7mo old is already captivated by the woodstove. An extensive guardrail situation will be installed asap lol.

Be careful on the open ice friends. I don't believe it's that safe this year. Maybe this weekend. I might be over cautious but for me it's better than trying to be Wim Hof with heavy close on. Peace ✌️

It’s never a good sign when you have to coax all of that information out of someone.

I’d like to preface by saying that mortgage rates are extremely high right now, this is not a great time to buy a house. Sure if you’ve got good credit you could always refinance your mortgage later but the extremely high interest rates right now are going to be a limiting factor for most home buyers since so much more mortgage is going to interest these days than it was in 2019. Jobs also pay very little here so unless you’re bringing a remote job with you that’s going to make buying home difficult.

Be forewarned that the housing stock here is very limited, pretty much everything is a fixer upper and houses are routinely selling for over asking price. You’re competing against rich people buying vacation homes and assholes buying homes to rent out for Airbnb. We have high property taxes also so there that in mind. A lot of homes aren’t hooked up to city water, gas or sewer so that’s some thing else to factor in, none of that’s the end of the world bright having to maintain or worse replace a septic system, replace well pumps and stuff like that can pose unexpected expenses.

It’s a lovely place to live but you may be unpleasantly surprised by how little there is to do pretty much anywhere in the state, remember this is a very low population state so if you love the outdoors you’ll be fine but otherwise you might get really bored.

Depends.

Price range? Where are you from? Have you visited? What is important to you? What were thinking as far as employment? Where’s family?

But then how can I show how cool my beat down truck is to everyone else? /s

Lots o big curvey sweeping off camber hills. Nothing like an unfamiliar road that just vanishes out from in front of you at night.

I love when my daughter comes down and says she wants a fire and I dig out the coals and throw a couple sticks on and there’s a ripping fire in five minutes.

My stove can go from ice cold with a cold down draft to the high edge of the “safe” zone on my thermometer in 15 minutes or less using the top down method.

I had a wood stove for two years before someone mentioned the method to me. Also great because you can start it and walk away for an hour. Gets hotter way faster too (it seems).

Don’t you love excavating some coals, piling some kindling and splits on top of them, and sitting there as the coals start to glow brighter, the kindling starts to pyrolyze, you can start to hear more air intake, and finally POOF everything goes up in flames. It’s especially great early on a cold dark winter morning before anyone else is up while you can smell your coffee brewing. Hnnng 🤤

“Dry hardwood firewood $475 per cord”

• poplar and pine stored at the bottom of the Mariana Trench and split 7 minutes ago is delivered