Sure. There is no public transport to and from the mountain condo blocks. How would people leave the condo enclave. You would need to put a public transport system in place.

Who manages the grounds in that situation. Would you still expect Stowe to be responsible for all that work at it's current level without the income the condos produce.

You would also destroy a local economy. This is extrapolation but hear me out. 1000 homeless people move to Stowe. The mountain looses business. The local economy based on the service sector of wealthy tourists is crushed. Locals loose their job as business close or downsize.

All those are valid reasons to not fill the condos at Stowe with homeless people.

The value of the units goes low, the Town of Stowe cant afford the level of services due to decreased tax collection and the town school and infrastructure suffer.

I guess the general idea is sticking people in housing without addressing any of the root causes for homeless is not that useful. Everyone deserves shelter so they don't freeze. That is not what you are proposing though.

>We need to act now if we want this state to survive with it's current look/feel.

Why should VT get to survive a global catosphroe with it's current look and feel? For real, on the face of global climate change, expect social norms to change.

I found the data. VT has like a 20% vacancy rate. That is a lot but it looks like a fair amount of that housing is not applicable to the homeless issue. Like the 1000 units of condos in stowe can't simply be repurposed.

*Those were actually the two citations I found as well.

Troll score:

Kinda funny but it would have hit home better if you mentioned politics, LQBTQ+ and maybe an anti-gun statement to get the conversation heated.

Overall 2.5/5.

It is profitable, but it needs to be because as a landlord, the rent you are charging needs to cover not only the cost of the building but putting away for needed repairs. The tenants does not pay to fix a broken Furnace at 2:00 am, a leaky roof, a new appliance or taxes and insurance which are high in VT.

They are taking all the risk, they should get some reward. All the people saying the mortgage is only... have no idea they base mortgage costs are not even nearly close to the cost of owning a home.

That which can be asserted without evidence can be disregarded without evidence. Where is your evidence backing up the statement?

As it stands I’ve read two factually conflicting statements and so far neither has done any work to show they are correct.

As they said in high school math class.... show your work.

*I found the data fairly easily after a quick search. For reference, I think you are both only sharing the part of the data that suites your needs.

Sorry man, only numbers I am able to find are 10 years old.

https://www.benningtonbanner.com/local-news/amount-of-posted-land-increasing-in-vermont/article_4f5e6a63-bfbb-5aea-a0ae-2927fc2deb3f.html

You could do some extrapolation but it would probably not be accurate. Hopefully someone has the answer as it is an interesting question. Also, I think there is a difference between no hunting posting and no trespassing posting.

The government owns a fair chunk. > Vermont by the numbers > – Land owned by federal government: 7.8% (465,888 of 5.9 million acres) > – Land owned by agency: FS (88.1%), FWS (7.3%), DOD (2.4%), NPS (2.1%) > – Percent change since 1990: +34.4%

Yes, they do. It is now ongoing. The map base is set and folks can just submit results to keep it updated.

This project was amazing and the PSD deserves huge props for doing it. Before this was provider maps that were blatantly false and internet voices that say either this sucks where I am or this is great where I am. Real data from a real person is so useful to have.

Yeah, use data to make decisions, not random opinions.

This tracks with what CO found after legalization.

I wish it came earlier. Having marijuana be illegal contributed to its place as a gateway drug. Not to mean that using marijuana leads to using other drugs but when you need to buy it from a black market drug dealer, you are more likely to be exposed to people who do other drugs.

In all my years as a heroin addict and dealer I can say not everyone I knew who smoked weed shot heroin, but nearly everyone I knew who shot heroin also smoked weed.

https://publicservice.vermont.gov/content/mobile-wireless-drive-test

There is something inherently broken with the system when normal people need to ask for assistance to not freeze. I saw kerosene was $7 at the pump a couple days ago and shook my head. It is not like a climate like VT has much other choice than to heat in the winter and labor shortages and costs make transition to other heating sources extremely difficult for all but the upper middle class.

Sorry for the rant.

There is one post in there so far that has some interesting language in it.

>“woman willing to go on a date.”

Ouch, you gotta be in a rough way when your one criteria is willing.

I laughed. People who didnt probably didn't watch the video.

Less likely to show up in court if you are from out of state.

We do not give camera tickets for traffic violations.

> Then there are the actual paying guests who visit these hotels.

I thought most of these places didn’t take paying guests once they started taking state guests. At least the hotels around where I am no longer take guests that are not from the state.

Not in VT. Which since this is the Vermont sub, I assume the poster was referring to. In NY it is illegal to carry in bars though. (Generally)

https://www.usconcealedcarry.com/resources/ccw_reciprocity_map/vt-gun-laws/

>Can you carry a concealed firearm in bars and restaurants that serve alcohol in Vermont?

>Yes, there is no statute making it illegal to concealed carry in bars or restaurants, unless posted

At least he was not given special treatment by the NY cops and treated like every other citizen would be which is shot first, questions later.

Now let’s see if Rutland fires him for breaking NY law and pulling his gun and getting Into a firefight after he got beat up.

It’s your roommate. Don’t kill it.

I KILLED A SPIDER

NOT A MURDEROUS BROWN RECLUSE

NOR EVEN A BLACK WIDOW

AND IF THE TRUTH WERE TOLD THIS

WAS ONLY A SMALL

SORT OF PAPERY SPIDER

WHO SHOULD HAVE RUN

WHEN I PICKED UP THE BOOK

BUT SHE DIDN’T

AND SHE SCARED ME

AND I SMASHED HER

I DON’T THINK I’M ALLOWED

TO KILL SOMETHING

BECAUSE I AM

FRIGHTENED

-Nikki Giovanni

The only thing that made me think a call to the Department of Labor may be needed is the state sick time law and if there are any statute around that in term of firing. Other than that, you are correct, I can fire my employees because I didn’t like the hat they wore.

Press them. It is their job to answer your question. Ask to speak to a manger. The call center people won’t know.

Who is the board of Labor?

Call the department of labor and ask to speak to someone. They can most likely answer your question. If they refuse press them as they are the first line of defense for shit like this.

I would love to see this. The more we fight eachother the less we insist they govern.