The 251 Club: Visiting every town in Vermont
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ต.ค. 2022
- Vermont is beloved for its bucolic small towns and picturesque landscapes. Its most devoted fans may be the members of the 251 Club, a group dedicated to exploring every one of the Green Mountain State's towns and cities. Correspondent Conor Knighton talks with club members - from honeymooners to nonagenarians - who are ticking off out-of-the-way towns from their to-do list.
#251club #vermont #vermontlife
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Billboards are prohibited in Vermont.
My cats breath smells like cat food.
Vermont is llike... The Shadiest State in the Union.
Damn she looks amazing for 93!!!!
Love the idea of that!!! Vt is truly a gem of a state..
Lol if only you knew what it was like behind the front it puts out for all you people
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Vermont is so pristine as a state. So gorgeous.
I hope it remains so with so much traffic.
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@@juliejensen7370 the potholes, two lane highways, and lack of a McDonald's on every corner tends to keep it from getting too crowded
@@user-rd6fl8qi8u every road was two lanes before they weren't. mcdonalds are never more than an hour away, even in vermont. potholes only exist on problematic streets and class 4 roads. do you actually live here?
Just yesterday, October 29, I visited Fair Haven, Benson, Orwell, Shoreham, Cornwall, Middlebury, Leicester, Brandon, Pittsford, Rutland, Wallingford, Danby, Manchester, Pownal and Bennington. I never get tired of it.
Oh God you hit the worst county and missed the WORST town (Poultney)
I fell in love with Vermont back in my early 20s, it is a beautiful state. Now I have family living there.
On my return trip to New York State, drove through Brattleboro, Vermont, and stopped to buy Vermont's famous maple syrup. Delicious and best tasting maple syrup I've ever had in my life. I regretted never having returned to Vermont. I would love driving through the entire state in late September/early October. Gorgeous scenery and so pristine. I hope it stays that way.
Buying maple syrup in Brattleboro is like buying a bagel on the border of Palestine.
If you haven't been to Vermont, you should make the trip definitely. Definitely there is magic there. Sparkling streams and lakes, nice folks, legal weed, craft beer, all kinds of tastes and thrills to experience.
I love this. I live in Michigan and I’ve made it my mission to visit all 83 counties, in both peninsulas.
Oakland County guy here ... :) cheers
Vermont has the 257 club in you visit every town. Did they give you a badge or flag like VT does?
Beautiful state. Greetings from the Philippines.
I drove a semi in the 1990's, my route took me through Bennington VT, once a week I'd stop at a little sandwich shop, during all the seasons, Bennington is like a picture postcard, driving out of town towards upstate NY in the spring the snow melt rushing down the streams, the water flowing greenish, blue, oxygenated water rushing down, it's the most beautiful setting I've ever seen, and I've driven all over the country, seeing beautiful places, but Bennington's my favorite. Good luck.☮️
Omg! I’ve never been to Vermont but I always want to visit during fall. When I come back to stateside, I’m definitely joining the club. Forever green Vermont!
Sounds like Vermont is just beautiful.
Love Vermont. Lovely story.
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When I lived in Maine, my mother wanted me to check out a house that she was thinking of considering in Wells River, Vermont. The house was out of the way, and the town had almost no phone service period but it was a beautiful place. Also got to explore towns in the Northeast Kingdom like Lyndon, Newport, and St. Johnsbury, and from Bennington to Brattleboro. Vermont is a very interesting place, glad I got to go.
Love seeing Conor with 60 minutes! I remember watching him on Current TV in the mid aughts!
This reminds me of when I first visited charlottesville area. Loved in va for almost 22 years and visited it during 2020 and now I go and venture out in va almost every three weeks.
Was fortunate enough to grow up in the smallest city…Vergennes, Vermont.
Will always be a piece of me there.
I get dinner in Vergennes every year. You drive in through rural terrain, then suddenly vergennes is there.
We honeymooned on the east coast in September 1981 towing our new Mad River canoe with us. Vermont was our favorite state so we traveled back on our 1st anniversary exploring - hiking the mountains and paddling the rivers. Beautiful memories - would be great to get back there.
went to college in small town Vermont from 1989-1993. Beautiful place. A magical time.......1991 was remembered especially. The bicentennial of Vermont joining the USA. Moved to California after those four years. Miss it very much. Have visited briefly over the decades but not to spend serious time. I probably should.
I love Vermont!!! It's always a great journey. :)
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I got to know most of the upper third of Vermont pretty well in the mid-2000's when I was exploring with my then-boyfriend, who lived in Barre and worked in Northfield. I'd drive over from mid-coast Maine, where I was living at the time. I loved the state, especially Burlington. One winter, we got to walk out onto Lake Champlain when it was frozen over, something I'll always remember. And the fall seasons were spectacular. ❤🍂🍁 I'd love to move back someday and work on visiting all of Vermont's nooks and crannies.
I could say I was lucky nuff to live in Bridgewater VT. So amazing and clean friendly such nice folk
I had no idea there were 251 towns in Vermont. I would love to visit the Ben and Jerry's ice cream factory. I would enjoy visiting this special museum too.
💜Love it !!!
Have visited half of Nevada towns and after watching this I'm will visit Vermont
More of this, less politics please!
Beautiful
Took some cute pics with my now estranged uncle in Vermont after my first escape from NY. Incredible colors (great maple syrup too!).
stay in NY
BEAUTIFUL FALL LOVE IT ❤️
How Cool is that 🥰 Great Story 😊❤️
My gran did this many years ago with a pal. Took her many years. RIP nan
Every Columbus Day Weekend, I make the pilgrimage to Vermont from Connecticut with a friend. It's by far one of the most beautiful states in the country.
Great story.
My wife and I got married in Waitsfield, we make yearly trips up from MA (mostly to the NEK, but occasionally central VT). I like to believe a life in VT is about loving your home, your surroundings, and your family.
I love Vermont & it’s my second home state. I grew up going there to ski & backpack & My family has a lake house that’s been in our family for going on four generations. I plan to retire there.
Would have preferred to see more of the countryside of that beautiful state.
Ilovermont!
awww missed you on the way through.
I recommend for anyone to watch "One Town At A Time," the movie that Mr Mike Leonard crafted. A labor of love. That Vermont Feeling he has given to us all.
I live in Vernon, VT is a great state.
Vernon.....where I drove a small mowing tractor from Guilford to mow the cemeteries. Back in the 70's. Vernon...tucked away in the corner, nothing wrong with that.
I can tell you what would be more picture perfect, a firm understanding by everyone that comes here either to live here or to visit here that the people that were here previous we're not racist we're not bigots they were hard-working Farmers that had their state clear cut to have sheep farmed on it and then replanted with some of the best harvestable Elderberry sugar Maples etc etc plants trees and shrubs and cultivars with our apples so that we could be unique and doing the right thing for future Generations. There are parts of this country that are falling apart so fast it's like watching swiss cheese melt in a microwave. They've moved and they come to our area with some very very outlandish deluded mindsets and viewpoints and interactions where they will look at one another and call it like a mean mug and think that that's normal and they move to an area where we're shaking each other's hands saying hello to one another and looking out for one another without a need to be prompted to do so, and people move here where that's Nails on a chalkboard behavior and they don't understand why they stand out like a sore thumb. And then of course we have the political lunatics that move here to try and convince all of us native vermonters that they're here to just make a big swath with the special interest money that they've got in their pocket and everything's going to get better until they get elected and sit on their hands and nothing changes say hey great come visit every town in Vermont, just know that bushes are not trash receptacles and the minute you turn the ignition in your car it is not turned three at Talladega and treat others the way you want to be treated
I can think of much worse ways to spend your free time. Vermont is a lovely state.
Half of my fathers kin settled mostly in Franklin (Sheldon, Fairfield, Highgate and Highgate Center, St. Albans City and St. Albans Town, Montgomery) and Rutland Counties (Benson, Fair Haven, Castleton, Brandon). Half came from Quebec and half from Connecticut.
Hi Cosette. I'm the town doctor in Montgomery Village. Come visit us. We like visitors.
was born in st albans infirmary and moved out of state when i was 6, i dream of vermont snow
A Question: Starting at 3:35 in the video, there are 2 signs celebrating completion that refer to "Gores" -- in addition to the 251 towns. In the context of the 251 Club, what is a "Gore"?
It's a parcel of land that isn't part of any town.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gore_(surveying)
I am torn between living in So. California and Charlotte Vermont. Grew up in VT but haven't lived there in 35 years. I have half of a house in both. VT is really a great place, so different than So. Cal. What am I to do?
Sometimes I forget Vermont exists tbh
That one guy who says "every town that has a brewery" is who I strive to be whenever I retire
...and that's almost every town. Ours has three good ones and more coming and one distillery.
Around 3:30, people hold up completion signs. Some of them refer to "Gores" and "Grants". Anyone know what those are?
Basically surveying errors from when the towns were originally divided, so they're unincorporated areas (not covered by any town laws).
@@jackhorkheimer Gotcha. Thanks for the help!
I went to high school with Loretta Cruz
There is a #Jamaica in Vermont, so I gotta visit!
I wonder why New Hampshire never gets attention lol I've never been to either state but looks like it's gonna have to be.. Vermont?!
I live in Vermont. And I own a motorcycle.
I think you can figure out the rest...
🍁
vermonter here please be respectful
"My Da(&his Mother were BothBorn in VT.!:o)?
Try doing this in Texas and there goes the next decade of your life.
VT is pristine for a reason. Not a lot of people.
The term "leaf peeping" just sounds dirty.
Every town but Granby.......No ones ever been to Granby!
Vermonters are the strangest, funniest, most beautiful people... Aside from Mainers of course!
Now go back to New York!
Don't go in winter
Ypu can't get any whiter than this. Enjoy. Seriously.
It helps if you are a lesbian driving an ‘06 Outback to get the full experience. Ditto for Oregon.
😂😂😂
At 3:46 that mountain is fake. This is Danville, VT and has no mountain like that.
I live in Vermont. Please don't come here.
Don't forget Peter, tourism is one of their greatest sources of income. Next to agriculture.
@@jonathanp1884 Too many jerks from NY and MA.
@@PBosco I recall having the same attitude toward flatlanders when residing in VT.
Are they against diversity?
I live here, I don't find that to be true.
@@coreyhathaway2202 Then you live in the second whitest state after Maine. Do you favor importing more refugees from, say, Somalia?
@@nghtwtchmn129 I sure do. This state is also not heavily populated. I've lived in many states. I've decided to stay here and raise a family mostly because of the accepting kind people.
No, we are not. It's just that you have to love cold winters to live here, and I think that may have something to do with the state being less diverse.
@@coreyhathaway2202 Well, you are in luck! As reported by NPR last month, Maine has a "Float All Boats" program to diversify its lobstering industry. It is too soon to judge the results, of course, but by next year you should be able to use their experience as a guide.
WoW! No Blacks were harmed, or offended in the making of this piece.
Shocked CBS didn't send a black reporter, to tell you all the racist history of Vt. lol!
What is the racist history of Vermont? Do you mean the first state to abolish slavery?
@@jonathanp1884
I'll bet you're fun at parties.
@@bennyboogenheimer4553 Never invited to parties...LOL.
They forgot to mention all the crackheads and strung out people and the messed up stuff going on around the state and not to mention the people who run it get in thier own way of progression
It sure has become bad with drugs, like everywhere...it's sad.
According to statistics it is often in the top 5 best states to reside.
That’s Bernie country, 🤮
Oh no can't go there because Bernie lives there. Please stay home.
@@jonathanp1884 he’s a fool
@@xploration1437 Yeah, hate those fools that want to bring back more middle class. reduce the wealth gap. Amke education and healthcare more affordable.
What a hideous waste of time
Yes, you are.
And yet, here you are.
@@glnnchrstphr9717 You mad, bro?
@@drewconway7135 what did I say that adequate you think I was mad? It seems to me that its you that is mad because you wasted your time watching a "hideous waste of time", in your words.
@Drew Conway a rude comment, but I admit I lol.