right now I pay $1K in property tax and $6K annually in homeowner's insurance, so I would take $4K for property tax.

thanks! what is an 802 native?

also, why avoid the towns you mentioned? is there crime/drugs? expensive?

My view is it might be better. But you're randomly adding a small amount of power to the grid in an originally unplanned location and doing so at a time when wholesale power is likely very cheap but pulling power back out when wholesale is very expensive and there is a good chance that gas turbines are being brought online to meet the peak load demands. This is likely shifting costs to lower socioeconomic class people. It's not meant as a bash against you, but against the system.

I do fine for myself. I make $400k to $500k per year, I work three days a week, and I have two heat pumps (no solar), etc. But I think the system of marked up electric prices, rebates, subsidies, etc is largely an inefficient wealth transfer program that disproportionately hurts the poorest in VT. I really think it stinks. Residential solar is pretty dumb in this geographic location (total costs per kwh, deaths per kwh, etc.). Nuclear, hydro, wind, and biomass are better contenders.

To be clear, that matters more if you're very rural. If you're in one of the "cities" or town centers, you won't notice.

As a 802 native, I highly reccomend coming up here. Yeah, the winters suck, but Ive been out and proud for years now, and Ive had little to no issues with it. I highly reccomend looking into where here in vermont you pick because it does matter as for crime/drugs/schooling goes. Barre, Rutland, and Burlington are the last place you wanna go. Me and my spouse are starting our family here because of how safe it is.

Hope this helps!😊

Nothing better than people buying up limited housing stock so they can visit 3 months a year. Oh wait.

Also consider that the average property tax in VT is just over 4k. Income tax 3.35%-8.75%.

Sources: https://www.rocketmortgage.com/learn/property-taxes-by-state

https://taxfoundation.org/state/vermont/

JP's Restaurant & Deli in Essex. Love their eggs benedict. Coffee's only ok though.

Awesome!!! Let's hope for a clear day.

We just love summer home people in Vermont

Who are you calling pervert when your username is dog fucker 69? Lmao

I mean, I don't mind if others don't accept homosexuality (in fact I have friends that don't, but still respect me as a human being), I just want to live in a place where there aren't laws against it. if I sent my kids to public school in Florida, for instance, and if other kids made fun of them for having gay parents, the teacher would legally not be able to make any reference whatsoever to sexual orientation (in order to explain to kids that they should not bully another kid based on their parents being gay). I don't care what others think, I just care about discriminatory legislation.

A) That’s in Mendon B) It’s a tourist trap C) They don’t even serve butter, like WTF?

Go to Backcountry Cafe or Johnny Boys if you are in that area.

What part of what I said came across as a misunderstanding to you?

In central Vermont, the Wayside (Montpelier/Berlin) is inexpensive and good.

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I see your general point, but as we have no idea what's going on with OP, I don't feel this was the place to make it.

The biggest indicator that a healthy relationship will last is how willing each person is to work on it together (and (not or) possibly on themselves alone). If you expect a healthy long term relationship to just happen you’re going to be disappointed. It’s like walking into a gym and expecting the swole to just happen. It takes intention and effort.

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I’m not personally familiar with the hospital(s) in the NEK but I went to college up there and always heard bad things about getting medical care there. my friend almost died of appendicitis and received poor care in the ER. my other friend failed to get a very obvious cancer diagnosis until he had a stroke from complications. I wanted to buy a house in the NEK but the healthcare options are what is concerning to me.

With what workers?

If they can afford to pay that much, suggest you open a competing business

I’m bi and if I decide to have kids I’m doing it in Vermont. my younger sister was “the straight friend” surrounded by a gaggle of delightful bi and lesbian high schoolers in 2015. I was raised in an evangelical community in Chittenden County but bigoted christians don’t have the political power or cultural influence in Vermont that they have in the rest of the country and they also don’t feel the…default entitlement to it, I guess you could say??? I think they perceive themselves as outnumbered (they are) and they definitely perceive the state itself as nonreligious.

I went to two different state colleges in the 2010s and was surrounded by LGBTQ students and I was so proud of how open and accepting people were.

There is prejudice in Vermont, but in my experience it’s just assholes outing themselves as assholes and issues with police that are inevitable anywhere in the US but mild in Vermont by comparison. my sister has expressed concerns about the state becoming more republican but I don’t think the cultural foundation of the state is crumbling.

Also, the local music/arts is wonderful all over the state and Vermonters are the best audiences, regardless of if it’s a big concert or just five people in a bar, regardless of genre.

and a lot of what is great about Vermont is true about parts of NH and MA as well.

I’m hoping to buy a house near where I grew up in Vermont soon. I’m also unsure if I can afford it but I’m thinking I might have to buy a place with one of my parents. I had to leave the state to get my career off the ground but I want to move home. That’s the struggle in Vermont, jobs and housing. The people are great and I miss them.

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