Burlington banned them effectively.

Just prohibit a non homestead from being a rental unless you have a hotel license in commercially zoned property. If you have an accessory building or at least two low income units within a building you can apply to have one unit get a b&b license

Dont even have to outright ban them. Look at what burlington did.

They allow airbnbs to exist as the app "advertises". You can rent a room out in your primary residence. You just can't rent out whole units.

Ground clearance is most important, but AWD/4WD is nearly as important. Staying on top of the ruts during mud season is more achievable with 4WD. We drive Big Hollow and Shaker Mountain daily. The following autos have made it when others failed: Toyota RAV4, Chevy Tracker/Suzuki Vitara, Nissan XTERRA, Toyota Previa (discontinued 🙁), Ford Expedition, Toyota Landcruiser, Ford and Chevy half-tons with weight in the bed, Ford 1-ton with nothing in it….. But the most unstoppable vehicle on a mud-season road was a Polaris side-by-side 😁

The state should look at burlingtons model as an example.

Renting out a room within a house is fine as long as its a primary residence.

Renting out a non homestead is illegal

Really blurring the lines between actual STR concerns and property/neighbor disputes.

Probably warming himself up because of the wind chill

They also unfortunately tend to be the ones that own airbnbs

As someone who’s generally pro-capitalism, I would be 100% ok with making STR’s in Vermont banned on a state level. Yes I’m talking outright banning AirBnB from the state. I don’t mind someone renting out a home for a reasonable amount, making a little profit, and providing a home to someone that doesn’t want to buy. Just don’t be a slumlord and don’t fuck over the states housing crisis by blocking out locals that need a home.

OP, if you can do something to gain traction in this direction, let me know and I will support in whatever way I can. Whether that’s voting a certain way, signing a petition, or whatever.

100%. Which is why the populace needs to be united and see this as an expectation.

I'm from a place that's ahead of VT in this way. Rich people moving in seems like a good thing at first, until local's can't afford to live or shop there. I don't want to see that happen to VT.

too much torque and I'm not exactly sure how well my .22 target practice would translate to the weapons system needed for said balloons.

It really does depends on the road and how well it drains.

Class 3 road from the south going into camp in the NEK is 8 miles of dirt and fine thru mud season. Town spent big re-laying the base. Class 3 road to the east is 3 miles of dirt and I pulled a truck out buried to the frame rails a few years ago. It's on the list of roads to fix

You are "required" to live no farther north than Brandon??? Let's unpack that one.

Talk to your select board and your state representative - they're the ones who can change regulations. Dealing with local goernment and bureaucrats and regulations is a pain in the butt but that's the way to change things.

It's not the rig, it's how you drive it.

If swapping tires on the same rims is a hassle, because of run-flat tires, then the obvious answer is to mount snow tires on a second set of rims for winter/mud season.

Also, FWIW, I have a Chrysler Pacifica minivan, but mine is just the standard front-wheel-drive gas-powered version. No hybrid or AWD. And my van doesn't even have a spare tire at all. It has a can of tire puncture sealer and a little air compressor I can use to apply the sealer and re-inflate my tire. So even standard vans don't all have spare tires, even without run-flats.

Insert series of redhead jokes.

I never saw burning cars before I moved to the state 4 years ago. Now I’ve seen 3. What’s up with that?

Wouldn't you only know that if you were in the same assortment of subreddits?

Problem is the people who make the tax are said people or affiliated.

Oh cool, A few weeks ago we had a flock of evening grosbeaks. They were striking, even in their dull Winter state. Hadn’t seen them before or since.

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Evening_Grosbeak/id

depends on how deep your ruts are. we drove a 2001 chrysler town and country for years in real deep tahoe conditions with "taller" blizzak snows and never got stranded. the awd system was superior(amazing really) to your average SUV(made by Puch in Austria). Not sure about the new Pacifica.

Not that guy. The other guy.

Person was caught. Don’t remember what happened to him

S'mores!!!

Five cars?! (I say this having 8 in my yard driveway) If you do find an apartment, your neighbors will probably hate you. Best of luck!