Recent comments in /f/vermont

deadowl t1_j6zdvgr wrote

You're not going to be crossposting in rural regional subreddits if your goal is imaginary internet points. You're not going to be crossposting from a political-focused subreddit unless you're interested in discussing politics, which I guess could be fairly called shit-stirring.

Last VT Politics subreddit I knew, r/vermontpolitics, was run by powermods just making a run on state + politics subreddits.

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Full_Whereas_2694 t1_j6z9cid wrote

I do think the quickest solution to our housing crunch is to crack down hard on second homes. Given the cost of construction and the ability for locals to block development-it’s going to take a long ass time to build our way out of this situation-it’s kinda crazy that Vermont’s population has barely changed in the last century but we have a massive housing shortage. I say tax the shit out of second homes and create a fund for retrofitting and new affordable housing in town centers. If 2nd home owners decide they don’t want to pay the taxes they can sell to someone who wants to live there full time. Either way we get more housing for locals. Also really rein in investor ownership.

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Corey307 t1_j6z5tnl wrote

Very much so. I came here about four years ago but I’m blue collar and bought a house that had sat on the market. I’m giving serious consideration to moving to Maine myself for lower property taxes and less expensive land. The plan was to buy my house here, fix it up in a year then flip it and get something in the country where I can homestead properly. Plan a huge garden, get fruit and nut trees in the ground, harvest timber, raise animals and all that good stuff. Coronavirus screwed up my plans but I’m working on it. The state is lovely but it’s become unaffordable.

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