Do you live in Vermont? or have you?
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My wife and I are planning our Oregon/big city escape once our child graduates. We don't want to pull our kid from school and have her lose her friends so that's why we are waiting to move out of state.
Im looking for first person experience from people about Vermont. Where did (or have) you lived? what were your thoughts? would you recommend it? tell me your thoughts!
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Sorry....
Lotta help you are.
The fall colors in Vermont are outstanding, though.....
Never lived there, but have traveled extensively throughout it. It's a beautiful state, mostly rural. Great for skiiing. Lots of artisan farmers and craft beer folks. Very little ethnic diversity, and politically very liberal (the home of Bernie Sanders), although the level of gun ownership there i very high if such things matter to you. Lake Champlain is gorgeous. Depending on where you are there, you're within a 2-5 hour drive from Boston, Montreal, Portland, ME and the White Mountains of NH.
Bad points: Extremely cold winters. The northernmost section bordering Canada is considered one of the most inhospitable places during winter. NE can be a terrible place to be in winter unless you love to ski. Lack of a large city (other than Burlington, home of the University of VT) a disadvantage if you're into cutural opportunities. Also many of those artisan farmers are transplanted former New York hedge fund managers, raising the pretentiousness level to all time highs.
In the fall, it is absolutely outstanding. Politically, it's Berkly east, but you might be used to that depending what part of Oregon you are from.
Hmmmmmm the ongoing trend of bad winters might be an issue. LOL I don't mind being snowed in or anything like that. but the wife would go stir crazy. LOL I was looking specifically around the Lake Champlain area. I did a report on the lake in 5th grade and that's one of the things that got me into the idea of Vermont. I don't think of myself as an outdoorsy type. But I do love being out in the forests and secluded areas. Mostly cause im burned out on city life.
The taxes might not be an issue. we don't have sales tax here but state taxes and property taxes at TOTAL BS What do the taxes look like percentage wise VS your pay/salary? lol then the political stuff.... I almost never pay attention to a lot of politics. When I do I get mad and or depressed. LOL
i mean, don't get me wrong, vermont maple syrup is ok......but not the best.
but if you want the real deal, you gotta get syrup from canada.
i'd consider moving to canada just for the maple syrup and poutine though.
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My guess is that if you're not living directly in Burlington or the areas where the hedge fund farmers live houses will cost a lot less than other more suburban areas of the NE. I imagine a house kind of on edge of nowhere might be pretty affordable.
In terms of weather, the Burlington area is pretty far up the state, so it's more likely to colder and get more lake-effect snow and Canadian chills. I'd recommend you and your wife visit there sometime in mid-January to see if you can't stand it. I live in Massachusetts, which is no picnic in the winter either, and I'd never be able to stand a VT, NH or ME winter year after year.
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