There's an important paragraph tucked in towards the end of the article :

"HUD’s point-in-time count, conducted by shelter workers and advocates nationwide on the same night in January, is widely considered to be an undercount of the actual problem, and is highly dependent on local resources. Martin Hahn, the executive director of the Vermont Coalition to End Homelessness, which spearheads the effort in Vermont each year, said it’s possible that the high rate of sheltered homelessness in Vermont allowed the state to get a more accurate count than other states, contributing to its poor ranking. "

Regardless of where Vermont stands relative to other states, it's clear to me that something should be done to help people without permanent housing. However, if the goal is simply to rank Vermont next to the other states, I think this is a mere snapshot and probably not the final say in how we're doing. I'd like to see the data from before the pandemic and relative trend lines here and elsewhere.

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I heard the driver flicked a ciggie butt out the window and that's what lit the hay. It's third hand information so do what you want with it.

Dumb sheltered racists scare me the most….

Do you imagine that housing is affordable elsewhere? Housing is a national crisis and it’s only getting worse. I agree with you that STRs are only part of the problem and a convenient scapegoat, but so are your imaginary rich chuds from “elsewhere.” You know very well that plenty of Vermonters are just scraping by - this is absolutely a political decision and there is no reason to live like this.

You realize the reason we are not still stone age brutes is because we came together in groups to achieve a common purpose?

Get your head out of your ass and realize you are responsible to/for others in addition to yourself.

California is the only blue state that is warm year round. That makes sense. What happened here?

I’m also getting a corporal punishment vibe from this dipshit

https://www.sevendaysvt.com/vermont/black-high-school-athletes-speak-out-about-racism-in-vermont-sports/Content?oid=37493806

> The video showed a white CVU player pulling the hair of a Black member of her family as a voice-over says, "Got your [N-word] — but you can get 'em back at your local Chevrolet dealership."

It’s not hypocrisy, turns out a racial minority taking ownership of a racial slur and using it in their own context and intents is a nuanced issue too complex for your tiny racist brain to comprehend.

Oh Gotchya so since it’s always been this way we shouldn’t care. That argument has been on the bad side of many parts of history.

Go back to when we had separate water fountains or when kids ate lead paint and parents smoked in cars with babies?

Stop trying to normalize idiocy.

Words are not harmless, unless you are illiterate.

This is a conversation that has been going on longer than either of us have been alive. Stop making your ignorance everyone else’s problem.

I’m curious as well, never specified in any article. I’d imagine since the offending user was removed from the team im going to imagine it starts with an N.

Played football against North Country HS, the words thrown at a couple of our black (and Hispanic kids) was shocking. Same thing happened playing Fair Haven. And the amount of confederate flag on cars was mind boggling. Racism is alive and wel in VT

You have followed the liberal MO to perfection. You have not answered the original question at all while attacking me personally - someone you do not know personally.

So to recap to help you along… (I’m paraphrasing)

1. The original question posed was “Why can black people use the “n-word” while non-black people can not?”

2. I replied “It is hypocrisy to do so.”

3. Your turn - try again…

Damn, these comments make me ashamed of some of my fellow VTers. We are supposed to be chill.

"Oh no! The students are trying to progress tolerance and that ruins my culture! I hate change."

I promise you most these girls are way stronger than some redditor bitching online that racism is a joke

I remember when I wished I could say that word. But then I grew out of my angsty teens.

Double property tax, triple homestead exemption. Making owning a second, third, and fourth house for AirBnB cost prohibitive.

Yeah I will basically only visit a dispensary as a last resort and I know many others that feel the same. The legal (and illegal) markets are completely saturated right now.

"I don't have a good refute, so I'll insult them instead. That'll show them they're wrong!"

Fucking lol