Because density has its own cost. Particularly waste water and storm water management.

Outside of the bigger towns, most of vermont doesn’t have the infrastructure for density.

The hotel voucher program is absolutely a contributing factor.

What will? Simply encouraging development won’t fix it if most of the new units are owned by huge companies. That’s like trying to lower gas prices by encouraging opec to drill more…

Nope, I learned a lot. One of the things I learned was the paradox of tolerance. I also did a lot of homeless outreach throughout the country. What have you been up to the last few decades?

I am sorry Vermont's education system failed you. You should get out and see the world a bit bro, it's not as scary as the angry man on TV says it is.

I have a 2006 AWD Toyota Sienna. We live off a long dirt road and we are very happy with it. We do snow tires with studs in the winter and the family has started calling it "the tank" because it drives really well. The only complaint is it does hydroplane much easier than our SUV so that is something to watch out for in heavy rain or slushy snow. The clearance is 2 inches more than the current generation 7" vs 5" I believe and that is another reason why we got this model. We have the bottom undercoated every other year to keep rust away. As far as mud season I have never gotten stuck (knock on wood) and our road gets real bad. Again it doesn't handle quite as well as the SUV. The rural mail man offers to buy the van every time he sees us, so that says something. He also drives a sienna.

Yeah, I've still got to get my snows on my Subie someday. I guess all-seasons aren't so bad after all if you drive reasonably. I'm city/suburban.

National legislation cannot fix this.

Not the dude with 88 in his handle who swears it's not because he's a white supremacist being negative towards the OP who shared an important article on racism... golly gee.

...and didn't learn anything in your travels I see.

Nope. In my 40s, grew up in VT, have lived all over the country as an adult including major cities, and moved back.

You know we solve this issue? We, as a society, stop tolerating intolerance. We stop putting up with your ignorance and blind hatred of everything simply because folks like you live in constant fear. Grow the eff up and reflect on how people are reacting to your bullshit here. You're a racist. Full stop.

People like this are terrified of everything in life. It's truly pathetic.

No, fuck all of this bullshit. You stop teaching your kids to be hateful scumbags so they stop tormenting the rest of our kids. This is deranged.

> Developers will just make McMansions that nobody can afford if left to their own devices.

If no one could afford them, no one would build them. Instead the people who can afford those McMansions will just be outbidding everyone on the older housing stock that already exists

I’m telling you that adding more supply doesn’t necessary lower costs when the price is controlled by what is essentially a cartel.

It's literally all they have in life. I keep trying to tell them things are more enjoyable when you aren't afraid of everything but they won't listen to me.

People have been helping people since the dawn of man, even when we were stone age brutes. We see it everywhere in nature to. Comments like that person's are just the result of a lifetime of brainwashing. They are afraid of everything and everyone.

Oh look, another dipshit 12 year old that doesn't understand the nuance and intricacies of language and the overall complexity of the entire issue and just wants to get on a high horse, bludgeon everyone instead of actually work through and solve an issue.

We haven't reached that saturation point. Not even close. Nobody learned anything from the 2008 meltdown. Adjustable rate mortgages are even making a comeback.

How does the average income in Gainesville compare to the price of that "affordable" housing? Might not be affordable to the locals.

So you're telling me that when there's more abundance of something the price doesn't go down? Also nothing in our economy reflects cost, it's all about profit.

I mean, it's been less than a year. There won't be any data yet. We just have subjective analysis for now. It certainly seems like there is more supply right now. It's still expensive but you don't have to spend a year just to get an expensive unit. It's going in the right direction. It's still too early to tell

This is the ignorant bullshit they brainwashed you with. You want to know another eternal truth? Human beings have always looked out for each other and helped the weakest of their communities. Since the dawn of man. You also see this behavior EVERYWHERE in nature.

"Only the strong survive" can only be said if you apply ZERO thought into what you are saying (how very on brand). It's genuinely the dumbest and most ignorant of all the the dumb ignorant things you chuds say. Even you, as tough and independent as you want to pretend you are, I guarantee you have people you watch out for in life. And I bet there are people watching out for you too. Good on you, but stop pretending there is some issue when other people look out for others as well.

With that said, your racist bullshit isn't welcome in Vermont. Never has been and never will be.

how does it feel to be miserable

>Big developers will just keep building McMansions that will get bought by investors to become high prices rentals

That only happens until there's not enough people with enough money to rent or buy them. The last time I saw affordable rentals being built by developers was last year in Gainesville Florida where housing is significantly less expensive than Vermont and there is more supply than demand

OK, but that is just part of the problem. I come from a part of the country without Act 250. All developers built there were McMansions because they generate large profit margins and people will buy them (often at their own financial peril). Removing Act 250 will just result in more sprawling overpriced McMansion developments because that is all developers will build. The free market doesn't want to build affordable housing.

This is a fatally flawed method and honestly should not even be allowed to be used. The data from it is next to useless.