thanks!

Anyone that will take you. Vermont has a serious lack of primary care.

Definitely will, thanks again for the insights.

Way too much for one post, but social services would be considerably more extensive and comprehensive, and able to provide the mission they've outlined. Non-profits are not immune from capitalism's excesses and pitfalls, they don't operate in a vacuum.

Sounds like my town!

Summer concert series down in Castleton has 10+ acts perform every week between June and August

Your experience lines up with what our students told us as well. Many in America romanticize European life but don’t realize that many Europeans do the same to American life lol.

If you need regular healthcare that’s something you need to heavily consider. We’re losing doctors quickly here for the same reasons I previously listed. Expect months at times to be seen for non emergencies. Longer for specialists. Then the large costs associated with them.

Tax wise, compared to Europe, it’s not that bad here. Expect about 25-30% for single. 20-25% if married filing jointly. You don’t get much for it but most taxes fund our military who also tend to get involved internationally. I’ve been told by a good friend in the Netherlands who’s much older than I that Europe banks on us for military strength if things really hit the fan. Yay no healthcare…

I highly recommend visiting in July to see our peak heat and again in February to experience our true cold. We’re a state of extremes but lean more towards the cold side.

How would it work under socialism, communism, or whatever you would envision?

Why on earth wouldn’t airbnb or vrbo be your first choice?

First of all thank you for your honesty and detail, i'm from a reality of paradoxes, for instance healthcare is "free" but it's so inefficient most people turn to private clinics anyway, where they have to wait for their inexorable fate in unending lines. The traffic is most of the times unexplicably unruly, and public transportation is insufficient and inefficient. Bureaucracy is extremely complicated and slow and the taxes are high for no reason at all considering the lack of public service in every aspect possible. Also the weather here is absolute hell, the mediterranean has slowly transformed into a sort of rainforest without the forest, extremely hot and humid and full of bugs in the summer, and unending rain in the winter, the last time i've seen snow was like five years ago and it lasted for 25 minutes. So yes, i'm aware that the housing prices and the operating costs can be a real pain but from my point of view i'm just escaping from hell (lol). I think i will visit anyway the next time i'm in the US, just to see how everything feels.

Here’s a primer on mud season hiking

> wouldn’t paying them more be the least the employer can do to compensate for additional work?

It might be that they simply can't pay more. They can't raise prices like a business - if they have X funding from their funding sources, they just have to hope someone decides to get generous if they need more.

I’ll be incredibly blunt. You’re probably not going to make it here long term.

Our housing costs are extravagant.

Heating costs are stupid high this past year.

There are very few jobs that pay a damn, fewer that provide a comfortable living.

Our winters are extremely cold some years, milder in others, but after hosting two students from Europe it’s way colder and harsher here. They still talk about the cold years later.

If you’re absolutely dead set on this I have to recommend the Burlington and Williston areas. Long term that’s your best bet for a restaurant. We just don’t have the population to support non chain restaurants most places in the state. Most towns have zero options for dine in or take out food and you have to drive 20-30min each way to find some.

I sincerely wish you the best of luck and would love to try some authentic Italian cuisine. We have pretty much no authentic foreign food in this state. It would likely do well here but with operating costs being what they are there are still many challenges to overcome.

Amazing, I was hoping to do a ride soon of the full length but I wasn't sure it was fully open. Now I can do that my next free weekend!

Have fun on the century, that sounds like a blast. You sound like someone I'd enjoy grabbing a beer with. If I lived in St. J I'd invite you to stay with us, but sadly I'm a couple towns away.

>the state’s largest social services agency

> 6 beds

That seems like something we should fix.

😂 Your neck must be sore from constantly looking behind your back

Yeti toupee.

They warned about this for a long time.

>Vermonters who have young children and make less than $125,000 of annual income — including those who make no income at all — are eligible to receive $1,000 per child in a refundable tax credit for the 2022 filing year. Filers who make up to $175,000 are eligible for partial credit.

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>More than 34,000 children are expected to benefit from the tax credit this year, according to the state’s Legislative Joint Fiscal Office. However, even as Vermont Tax Department officials promote the new credit, it faces a threat in the Legislature. The state Senate is already considering doing away with the credit to help pay for an expansion of child care subsidies. A proposal to cut the benefit, advanced by the Senate Finance Committee last Wednesday, still needs approval by the full chamber, after which it would likely face an uphill battle in the House.

>Regardless of the outcome of that legislative debate, the credit remains available to families this filing season.

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>While the tax credit is currently available to anyone making under $125,000 per year— including those who make no income at all — many families with low earnings are not required to file tax returns and risk missing out on the credit.

>State Tax Commissioner Craig Bolio is encouraging those who are eligible to file, regardless of income, in order to receive the credit.

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>Alongside the child tax credit, the Vermont earned income tax credit and the child and dependent care credit increased this year to 38% and 72% of the federal credit respectively. Bolio said families who qualify for the child tax credit might meet the requirements for all three.

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July 3rd/4th just about everywhere across the state but especially at the Burlington lakefront.

It depends on how the rest of the spring goes, but there likely will be some snow on the summit trail. Weather this is just some left over snow in the shadow or a substantial covering that impedes hiking can't be determined yet. Also, realize that snow can still fall and accumulate up there in May. I'm pretty sure the toll road doesn't open until later.

A bigger issue, though, will be the mud. The higher the elevation, the longer mud season lasts. I usually don't try to hike in the higher altitudes of the White Mountains until July.

Sorry this is the only time you can visit, but it really isn't a good time for what you want to do.

I also applied to one of their admin positions. Same thing, they trie to get me to do another position that had weekend hours.

My wifes only symptoms were the same as you meanwhile everyone else in our family was toast

Day 3 just getting over this. The absolutely worst bug I have ever had in my life.

My eldest was sick Monday of last week. Puked for 26 hours. Did not think much of it at the time, thinking it was a normal bug. One of my younger daughters started getting sick that Friday (puked on the floor). I stayed home with her, she did not puke after that but had bouts of diarrhea all weekend- Myself and my youngest daughter started getting sick that night around 10:00PM

Started with Diarrhea and quickly progress to vomiting too. My youngest was fine after that puke session, she would get upset over the abdomen cramps which is completely understandable however my nightmare was just beginning.

Every 30 minutes it was puking and diarrhea for 8 hours straight. Relentless to the point were I was seeing doubles and lost my hearing for a bit. I would drink 500ml of electrolyte drink and 500ml of water each time. Pain was brutal along with those stomach cramps. I lost about 8 pounds - did not puke the next day only diarrhea. Then at midnight started puking again until 2 AM. Was able to east the next day but not without feeling like absolutely shit and having to force feed myself.

Curled up on the couch all weekend long. Day 3 a bit of diarrhea - Had a smoothie this morning for breakfast and croissant for lunch feel absolutely hungover. Just want this to stop.

Be safe clean your hands

Or even just allowing clinicians to be able to earn more money. Obe clinician I knew submitted a request to do private practice work outside of Howard Center, and they didn't respond to the request AT ALL for months.