Healthcare is atrocious in Vermont unfortunately. You’re forced to go out of state if you have anything but the simplest and most common ailment.

its gotta be Pico and Killington theyre right next to eachother

Is this the one bad apple threw in the barrel or are they all bad apples?

Vermont ski towns need public transportation.

I didn't move there with that expectation. I lived there most my life. Just got bored after I experienced the rest of the world.

>Those existing cities and areas are built on very old infrastructure that wasn’t designed for denser development.

Manhattan Island was once a fur trading post settlement with a similar problem. They made it work OK.

>Vermont can have abundant wild spaces AND housing.

In fact, limiting sprawl and increasing housing density (and density in general) will allow for more wild areas to be preserved.

>My other gripe is there's not a lot to do.

I think you done messed up if you moved to Vermont expecting big city amenities and culture.

FYI it's roughly based on Smuggler's Notch. The trails don't match up perfectly, but the lift line and the ridge of Madonna Mountain (rear mountain) do: https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54e64401e4b09706d499d446/1548424759187-R68N6JVIXB0CUOOAN1O8/Stowe+buying+Smugglers%27+Notch+Ski+Magazine.

The front mountain is roughly based on Morse. You can even see the Morse Highlands area behind the pine trees, bottom of the mountain in the foreground. https://nyskiblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/smugglers-notch-trail-map.jpg

Yep. It's roughly based on Smuggler's Notch. The trails don't match up perfectly, but the lift line and the ridge of Madonna Mountain (rear mountain) do: https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54e64401e4b09706d499d446/1548424759187-R68N6JVIXB0CUOOAN1O8/Stowe+buying+Smugglers%27+Notch+Ski+Magazine.

The front mountain is roughly based on Morse. You can even see the Morse Highlands area behind the pine trees, bottom of the mountain in the foreground. https://nyskiblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/smugglers-notch-trail-map.jpg

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Yeah, MA and CA definitely have more high earners and more companies. The point is that saying that more social programs = higher taxes isn't necessarily true. It ignores factors like the size of the tax base, where state income is coming from, and the outcomes of those social programs. Many social programs like free family planning or a housing first model of treating homelessness end saving the government way more money than they cost.

Wait until you see what they teach at Edmunds and BHS. You will moving out of Burlington when your kid hits 6th grade.

You do not have a clue what you are talking about. You sound like a raving cult member. Florida sucks in a lot of ways but JFC.

Yes. And those states have MANY more high earners paying taxes and actually some decent sized companies you may have heard of. Vermont's largest private employer is a dying remnant of IBM with less than 1000 workers. Vermont has become a rich persons playground along with a large number of borderline destitute and desperate people. With fewer and fewer middle-class in-between.

Nah, snow going away will kill that

Compounding interest will always work. Save early and often.

Let's tally the cost of restoration. Reduce that by,??and budget it for tree maintenance to prevent the damage. Should be at least attempted in areas that are prone to costly, constant (not just this one storm) restoration. Maybe a pilot program?

I don't see where buried lines would be a part of the plan. How about more maintenance of the trees close to the lines. A bit more of that and less costly than restoration. Preventative action.

Yes.

You sure it doesn't spell "JAY"

Well done!

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Saving money doesn’t work. It’s not 1905

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