Escape rooms and fat tire tours

That's Copper in Colorado.

Could you recommend me some? Is there a difference between Vermont maple syrup and the Quebec kind? Like, in the sense that wine can differ depending on where it's produced?

I like Runamok for the flavor variety but when it comes to plain old maple I prefer the small local, very rustic dark stuff.

Thanks!

Thank you.

Nice one.

Listen regardless of what you think the US government gives them religious protection.

Same with Dover & Haystack

If it's genuine maple syrup, then there is actually very little information to be gained from the packaging.

Darker syrup will have a stronger flavor and lighter syrup will have a lighter but much cleaner taste. I'm a lighter syrup snob, but the darker is better for cooking in my opinion. Try some of a couple different syrups for yourself.

Here they're a high-end flavored syrup. Good for gifts and not much of anything else.

I remember how I got them, I built one and bought one. Also, what $100?

I’m sure that yearly $100 to NAACP makes you feel better about yourself, but don’t forget how you got those houses.

So you want to build a train station, parking., access roads, an electric catenary, a power sub station and put this on an easement built through town with flashing safety lights. Is this the idea?

We don’t need to “pave Mount Mansfield and put up a parking lot.”

There is PLENTY of room in our existing cities and towns to build dense, walkable housing. Just get rid of lot minimums and stupid zoning restrictions.

Vermont can have abundant wild spaces AND housing.

Vermont has the second worst homelessness crisis in the nation, so yes we need to grow to accommodate people unless we’re okay with just letting disadvantaged people get chewed up and spit out on the street.

You can ski from the mid mountain lift base to the snowflake lift base, it's downhill, not a problem

I’m from New Jersey. I’ve been coming to all parts of Vermont for purpose of snowboarding or summer hiking for approx. the last 25-30 years. These days it’s primarily southern and central Vermont. I’m a low-budget, dirtbag who needs to think about every penny spent. I promise I come each time with respect for the locals and the imperative to support small local businesses whenever possible. In these last 2 winters (21-22 and 22-23) the notable changes have been swift and overwhelming. Those around me at the resorts (specifically Okemo and Mount Snow) seem extremely different than pre-pandemic and more clearly, pre-Vail corporation takeover. There is a clear uptick in the amount of uber-wealthy tourists (who are also absolute clueless kooks on the mountain) these last 2 winters who are destroying the vibe and culture I remember for so many years. The way they - act on the mountain; treat employees of local restaurants; treat each other on the roads, etc. is pretty disgusting. The April issue of the publication In These Times has a feature titled “The Vail-ification of the West” detailing how much of the resort areas of Colorado have been rapidly gentrified and taken over by seasonal resident millionaires and billionaires and what it’s done to the local labor force and people of income brackets far beneath the millionaire class. I’m not saying the scenario I’ve witnessed in southern and central Vermont is the same exact deal, but there were some undeniable similarities. I love Vermont and respect the locals, but I can’t lie and say I’m not worried about this state and it’s true locals.

Yes. There are old apartment buildings in my town that are attractive 100 years after they were built.

Yeah, sometimes I longingly look at the price of real estate in my hometown in Ohio.

Then I remember the political signs my mom's neighbors have in front of their homes, and I save up a little more to hopefully move her out here someday too.

Dude...

If my brain was a dartboard. Bullseye. But I had this realization back in 2016 while Vermont was still net a population loss. The secret was out after the pandemic. My wife and I finally made it work though. And yes, things are expensive, but they're that way everywhere. Housing is expensive everywhere. The problem is Vermonts inventory is just so so low. It's tough for people to get here. That's not necessarily a bad thing.

Cool video on village versus how US typically develops homes: https://youtu.be/VoYZlyBHyQM

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Pretty much all rents are higher than mortgages because rent is a mortgage plus additional taxes plus a little profit to account for repairs. My mortgage is $2100 and I rent it for $2,400.

Yes they are garbage but Vermont taxes social security income when NH and MA don't. That's one of the biggest reasons my parents didn't come up. That and cost of living is high; 17% above national average.