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mellercopter t1_jajsmzd wrote

Reply to A questions to Vermonters by RZRPRINCESS

I lived here and left and spent the entire time I was gone figuring out a way to get back and it took 12 years. Even though everyone is working hard it still feels like a slower pace and less anxiety than literally anywhere in NYS that I have lived. I like that people are helpful but not overly friendly and generally keep to themselves while still somehow managing to create community. I like the proximity to things outside of VT.

I do think people idealize VT and have a sense that it is a state focused on making you happy while you're here and that's because when people visit as tourists it's a different level of interaction in communities they likely wouldn't live in if they move here. Even so I think it's very much an it is what you make it kind of place, as long as you can find a way to be financially stable.

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phred14 t1_jajpnug wrote

Reply to A questions to Vermonters by RZRPRINCESS

A while back I posted that I came here on a job interview and it felt like home, so that was the job I took.

Aside from that and something that's been developing while I've been here - Vermont is one of the better places to be in a warming world. This real estate is going to become downright prime over the next fifty years or more.

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ais72 t1_jajp3ay wrote

Reply to A questions to Vermonters by RZRPRINCESS

Lower cost of living relative to major cities like Boston, NYC, along with a better quality of life (less crowded, less frenetic/stressful).

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Primary-Cap-3147 t1_jajhy0r wrote

Reply to A questions to Vermonters by RZRPRINCESS

I used to let out a groan of inconvenience along with all the other NYC subway commuters whenever the conductor would say, “we will be delayed due to a sick passenger onboard,” which was often code for, ‘someone jumped on the tracks.’

Then I moved to Vermont and learned to care that my neighbors exist!

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Saguache t1_jajglr6 wrote

Reply to A questions to Vermonters by RZRPRINCESS

  1. While not perfect, politically Vermont tends left.
  2. The people seem pretty kind. There's no "Seattle freeze" going on.
  3. Vermont is possibly the most irreligious state in the Union.
  4. It's close to Canada
  5. Cost of living is somewhat less than many left-leaning states on the left coast.
  6. Potential for climate change impacts is somewhat lessened.
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TheTowerBard t1_jaj6lso wrote

Reply to comment by df33702021 in A questions to Vermonters by RZRPRINCESS

Y’all keep sleeping on New Haven. Great little city, amazing music venues and theatre, and the best pizza in the world. All just a nice easy drive straight down 91.

NY isn’t a bad trip down 87 if you’re on the west side of VT either.

Man, we got some great options! It’s shocking to me so many Vermonters don’t take advantage of getting out to these places more.

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Dangerous_Mention_15 t1_jaj4wto wrote

Reply to comment by Puzzleheaded_Stay429 in A questions to Vermonters by RZRPRINCESS

I grew up here and that was very accurate. The joke was that Howard Dean was our best Republican governor (because he was centrist and worked well with both parties). Now it's all about idealism, virtue signaling, and screwing the degenerate deporables outside of Burlington/Montpelier/Norwich so that finally they can live in a civilized manner.

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