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Is the amount of taxes the reason it’s more expensive to live in Vermont, or is it more the cost of living?

MA has more expansive social programs than VT, and CA has even more. Read the article, affordability is only one thing that they're looking at.

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Could be Gore..lol

Red fox?

But he wants a cute place to vacation to!! 🙄

Bwahaha..exactly.

I hope we can learn from some other rural tourist dependent places and build a little bit of rail accessible travel.

Having a smol train come once an hour on some single track mountain lines, like is done to serve ski towns in Switzerland or Japan, could really take the toll off of rural roads that get overwhelmed with tourists during peak seasons. More walkable towns with 5-7 story buildings where both locals and tourists can afford to stay, and less $30 per day parking spaces in the mountains.

Trust fund babies.

The mountain in the background looks like it could be magic and maybe Stratton in the front.

Smuggs is Morse. Got it.

2016 article in Forbes about how Vermont is quickly becoming a state where only the wealthy can afford to live in.

apartment buildings can be charming too with a little extra effort.

Meanwhile I’ve watched friends in Florida have their housing costs go up 70-80% in just the last few years.

Cake day!!

I don’t think it matches any that I know of exactly. I think it’s more just inspired by ski mountains of VT. If this is in fact supposed to be somewhere specific then it’s a shit rendition.

Yeah, the profile of the mountains are right for Mansfield, but I think the ski trails are made up.

Ha! Thanks. That's cool. You get past a certain age and a lot of people are looking For you to raise some redneck's kids. I think for most people looking For a social life, leaving is the best bet.

I'm not going to argue with people that have their head in the sand. I wasn't opposing social programs and wow...you guys are so fast to fight. You guys can't possibly be woodchucks.

It's all right here...

https://tax.vermont.gov/help-and-resources/about-state-taxes#:~:text=Much%20of%20the%20total%20tax,to%20provide%20assistance%20to%20Vermonters.

VT either builds until it's not VT anymore or stays exclusively wealthy. Both options suck. The new VT also sucks.

Trails don't match up.

Once u get to the parking lot send it back down the rd, hardest trail on the mtn

Well, if half of NJ Moves here and brings their politics with them, then it makes sense that VT might start to resemble NJ.

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