Born and raised in Vermont. I couldn’t wait to move as far away as physically possible… but it takes moving away to appreciate Vermont for all that she is. A true hidden gem, there is literally nowhere else quite like it in this world. I feel blessed to call myself a Vermonter… as I’m typing this comment from South Florida 😆
I'm with you Malrissa. Born and raised a Green Mountain Boy. Living in Florida on the Gulf of Mexico for most of my life now. But trips back home always fill me with joy and happiness, not to mention corn and apples and maple syrup. My aunt and uncle have a farm up state and still fill my orders for a few quarts when my supply is low.
We live in South Florida and we can't wait to move to Vermont. We are done with the heat, hurricane scares, crazy road drivers and growing population here. We are getting crowded and that is scary. We are moving out before all of you realized what Florida really is.
Amazing place to grow up. It’s expensive to live here but it balances out because there aren’t millions of people and you can easily find seclusion and quiet!!! You can actually see the stars at night and there’s so many places to explore.
I went to college in Middlebury. I did enjoy my time there to some extent, but the place did make me really depressed in the winter...it was sometimes really rough to be there. I think it takes a tougher sort of person to be there, and, though there was that wonderful small town charm and all the fall colors and wonderful nature, it takes real adjustment to get used to rural life. There are some real trade-offs and you need to weigh them carefully if you're going to go rural. I would be willing to bet that most people couldn't handle it. But...even though I didn't stay in Vermont, it was ultimately good for my soul to be there.
You poor thing. We are very tough. This is why we wear the badges on our vehicles, “Vermont Strong and Tough too”. Truth to that. Many city folk struggle to have bears and raccoons as neighbors but we cherish it! No noise, no pollution, no crime, complete privacy and acceptance. The winters are not difficult. Not if you are native. It’s actually welcomed and we do enjoy our winter sports. Just bundle up! So much to do all year around in this state. Your negative feelings are yours and you can keep them. Let everyone else make their own decisions. Thanks. Equal opportunity and equal rights here.
Almost nothing in the world will beat those northeastern New England forests. It's just....I don't know how to describe it, you have to go there and see...I'd say...."clean" feeling? I think that's it, it just feels very very very 'clean' up there. Down here now in North Carolina it feels gnarly, messy and swampy.
What part of Carolina you in? NC is like my second home. My dad's side of the family is from there, 40 miles below Asheville in the Blue Ridge Mountains. The mountains are pretty nice. I think it's a beautiful part of the country. I've never been to Vermont. Just seen picture's and videos
At 79 and having lived in 5 different countries and 12 different states Vermont is the best of the N E states. It’s the most beautiful and serene. An always present sense of something spiritual like emitting from the ground that the other neighboring states don’t have. Definitely Hobbit Land in the warmer seasons. No trash or graffiti anywhere.
Being a lifelong resident. It's almost a certainty you will want to retire to a warm southern state. You will get sick of shoveling/snowblowing snow. Then the shitty mud season that follows. I have always swore I'd never lay my head anywhere else. Well at 42yrs old I've had my fill. Unfortunately all good things come to an end.
Wow, so sorry to hear. My home is in St. Johnsbury. I’m in Florida until May. I do not like this heat at all it is horrible and my sinus have gone mad. Best wishes to you.
I moved to VT on a job transfer in 1985, by 1997 when I moved away I couldn't wait to get out. Nice place to visit but expensive and tiring to live there. Some gorgeous days but 3x as much grim weather. And I never saw a place with more bugs!
I LOVE THE PLACE, THE Trees & everything soo colorful, I love the rivers, lakes & leaves falling different colors in roads, is sooo pretty ...i think gonna checkout houses there & get out the f*n Cali , i have 2 houses in Cali
I moved from upstate NY and everyone has been very kind. The only thing I would warn you about is the winter if your not ready it can take you off guard
@@townhall05446 that is a mixed bag. We've been in West Brattleboro for 3 years now. We have (felt) that, as we are from NJ and been called Flatlanders also. We've been called worse. lol. I think there is a pride factor VT people like to display. And really its ok. We are closer with our neighbors here than we ever were down in NJ.
We have lived in Vermont for 27 years and loved it. The people are mostly kind and some of them real Vermonters are very quirky. In Vermont, if your family haven’t born and lived there for three generations, you are not Vermonter! They are not impressed by your high profile job or what you have. People value your work ethics, kindness and independence. The best place to raise a family. It is rural, but not backward. There are tradition of holding town meetings, very liberal. Look at Bernie Sanders (socialist senator), Pat Lehey, James Jeffords. The first state to recognize the same sex marriage. After our retirement we moved to a New York community near by. If you are senior citizen living in a rural part of Vermont, it’s not so easy to get around. The state taxes the Social Security, and all that shoveling the snow and mowing your property are tough. And where we lived, the nearest doctors and the hospital are 45 minutes away.
I lived there for 2 years, at the end I was happy to move to a warmer climate. While the skiing is stellar , the days you're not on the slopes in the winter are very tough when you're dealing with really cold temps & driving in the snow / ice. Also hard to make a living up there. Fantastic place to visit and vacation or a 2nd home if you can pull that off ( I cant )
Five reasons VT is not for you: 1) The people LOVE tourist but they do NOT like "flatlanders," that move there. They have been known to do some pretty weird things to flatlanders, like "Icepack" their front door in during the middle of winter so they cant get out or in! 2) Winter: sometimes reaches -20 at night for a month at a time. 3) Food delivery, unless you're in a major place like Burlington, you MUST get off the couch. 4) One-way thinking. They do not do change. It's like living in the 1800's. ANd finally 5) Speaking of the 1800's, if you dont live in a major city, you will not get Internet, cell phone service, and television will cost you 100. for basic stations each night. Why? Because there is no competition.
@@noreason1495 Eh not all true. I live in a very rural town and have fiber internet and my cell phone comes in most places. You can get an antenna for basic stations and many towns have cable TV. There's also several satellite services available. Yes we do change, and the state in general has changed very much. It was VERY red for over 100 years but now is VERY blue.
Thinking about going home to Burlington, VT for memory weekend? Wow the hotel prices for a 4 star $550 a night, they are crazy and to think they are booked up. What is there that would make someone pay that high? Save your money, go to Virginia beach over looking the ocean for under $400
I grew up in Vermont every year I'd pas 4 months in Lincoln VT but I'm a Canadian. Vermont is like a little brother to us it's warmer the winters are less harsh. Vermont is a nice place
I landed in med school in Burlington and thought it was a place I wanted to live. Until professional admin made my life Hell. I was an outsider. They say it takes seven generations to ‘become a vermonter’. I was a stranger in the kingdom. I fell in love there. Having been born and raised under the napoleonic code I found the British common law system just way to Cold. It’s cold up there and it’s not the weather:)
I'm in the Albany area and Vermont is under an hour away. I've always wanted to visit because I love nature and mountains. The problem is the expense and, unfortunately, the tax-unfriendliness. It would be great if I could retire there in a few years, but from what I've read, it's a horrible State if you're on a fixed income, and I don't make a lot.😔💔❤️
@@sparkygump because there's nothing here and there's really nothing to do. there's no real good places to shop, there isn't great cell service or internet availability and overall the state lacking in many ways. i mean if you like the peace and quiet then go for it but personally i wanna live somewhere else
@@leem3793 I live in the Albany, NY area and have been visiting Vermont since the early 90's. I know all about the situations you described and am fine with them. With Starlink, The T-Mobile/Space-X partnership and online shopping, those problems you are experiencing will soon be gone. I grew up in the sticks in Central NY and know the importance of a well stocked pantry and freezer. I think I'm at a different stage of life than you so our perspectives are different. Go live a vibrant life in a city while you're young. Youth goes all too quickly.
Live in Alabama and love it. On the ocean. We have the best of both worlds. Hours from beautiful TN mts. The, east Georgia. And then Fl. If you have never been to Sanibel Island, or Amelia Island, Fl you are missing a treat! Much further, the Keys! Every state has their pluses!
How free? Can you live off grid? Build your own log cabin from your property trees without gvt a****** interference? Can you own/carry a firearm/pistol conceal carry? Semi automatic rifles? If not then it ain free too me... I'm an avid hunter only eat what I kill an vice versa, & eat what I grow haven't shopped for groceries in years ...off gridder for life...
@@enolwlfe You can carry without a CCW in both states. Governor Scott decided one night a few years back that there should be magazine capacity limits and a bunch of other “gun control” that skirts the otherwise great Vermont carry laws or lack there of. The cool thing, in my opinion, is that you can get an ACTUAL permit that’s reciprocal in a bunch of other states from NH. Some people use it to get the Florida and Utah non res permit which will allow you to carry legally in quite a few states. I find that the sweet spot would be to either rent or own a house with a low property tax burden in NH. I own 10 acres in the NEK in which I can live of grid but I would love to also have something in NH to take advantage of what I mentioned above. That’s just me! Does that sound like a plan to you or am I missing something? Respectfully! Take care! ✊🏿
I live in Vermont, and the ‘23 flooding was bad. What’s even worse is that many of the same communities got flooded again in ‘24, and it happened on the exact same day😔
(5:42) Vermont is a safe country for several reason. Me: points out some reason but, as always, ignores the main factor why it's safe and people can accuse a suspect without being called r*cist. How about being homogeneous actually works, especially when they're no Blacx folks.
Have you ever seen a roadside crew..,of any kind…that did not manage to create a major bottleneck? Ah, the charm of a two lane road with a two mile backup..,
I'm a native Vermonter and I will not leave Vermont for anyone.I am inviting anyone to visit Vermont.So Vermont is open to anyone else who would like to see more of the green mountain state, Come anytime.
Thank you!! I REALLY want to live in VT one day. Planning on saving up as much as I possibly can to do so (I'm very interested in Burlington which I know is expensive). It's refreshing to see a comment that makes me feel welcome.
You complain about property taxes? Go to Colorado. The last assessment are in. Many folks just got hit with 40 to 50 percent increases over last year. A typical home on 1 ac with 2500 sq ft averages 1 million. Winters are a roller coaster. Warm December days followed by temps as low as minus 30. Water is a bitch. If you don’t have a good well, you can pay upwards of 250 or more per month for water. If you find cheap land, your off grid and you have a water tank in your truck as you have to haul water. If you creekside, you get flash flooded basements every summer. If your land is vacant, you pay four times as much in taxes. Compare that with Vermont’s current use tax programs. The roads are a zoo! Stand still traffic on overloaded four lanes freeways in Denver. In ski season , lift tickets cost both of your balls and your first born. Getting back from vail to Denver takes a 1.5 hour drive over to an 8 hour drive. And I haven’t talked about northern VA, CA or New Jersey. You can’t build a garden bench without county permits and the inspectors are up your ass 24-7.
I am also a native Vermonter: Why Vermont what? I grew-up in Burlington, Vt. I worked with Ben & Jerry's. I walked down Willard St. with Bernie when he was mayor. I could not wait to leave and am very glad I did. Living in VA now for over 39 years. This is a very cold place to live, freezing most of the time. I guess if one is rich this would be a nice place. No jobs, people living on the streets in very cold weather staying close to the man hole covers to stay warm. Housing/property tax is very high for what one gets, most houses are like over 80 years old in Burlington and falling down (DON'T BUT). St. Alban's bay NEVER buy, bad move, in that area you will smell raw sewage and you will not be able to sell. Crime is way up, watch your back if you go. YUK
@@jefferyyoder9785 Yes, I have been in Virginia for over 30 years now. Would never move back to Vermont, very high property taxes and this makes me wonder how the elderly survive there.
IT STILL FEELS LIKE IT IS IT'S OWN COUNTRY / NO OTHER PLACE LIKE IN THE WORLD WELL AT LEAST THE U.S.A. / AND WE LOVE IT / IT'S A TRUST IN GOD AND KEEP YOUR POWDER DRY KIND OF PLACE / SINGS MEAN WHAT THEY SAY , LIKE NO PARKING OR NO TURN AROUND IN DRIVE WAY AND KEEP OUT AND PRIVET PROPERTY THEY MEAN WHAT THEY SAY / I LOVE IT / IT'S A LIVE AND LET LIVE KIND OF PLACE / JUST TRY NOT TO PISS OFF YOUR NEIGHBORS AND EVERY THING WILL BE ALRIGHT / KEEP THE FAITH, JESUS SAVES / THANK GOD FOR VERMONT A PLACE WHERE A PERSON CAN TRULY FEEL RELAXED HAAAAAA FEELS GOOD
I was born/grew-up there until I was 30. Smartest thing I did was to move out. Yes, watch out for them out-of-staters they are there to take any high paying job away for the Vermonter. Do they still have that saying?: Don't hire the Vermonter they don't know anything? In Virginia I had this contract with the VA (White River) working for over 3 years but when the one from the VA (Whtie River) got wind that I was Born/grew-up in Burlington she saw to it that I lost my job under that contract.
Depends. Are you single, married, do you own a business? How much do you make a year? There isn't really a blanket answer, but I can tell you that if you're making less than 60K per year taxes are actually very fair. The tax burden really only impacts high income earners.
Well, Bernie, Patrick Leahy(?) and all socialist politicians in VT were working hard, to make it difficult on high tax rates, especially real estate… other than that great living
Beautiful? Yes! Competent government and an infrastructure up to American standards? Absolutely not! Don’t move here unless you’re prepared to rough it
@@pepijykyum Vermont does not require permits to purchase and has no firearms registration. Both open carry and concealed carry are legal without a permit in Vermont. Any person 16 or older (although federal law requires the age to be 18) who can legally possess a firearm is allowed to carry openly or concealed. Taken from google . Vermont state law says that a person cannot have or buy a gun if s/he has been convicted of a violent felony. Additionally, a person who is on probation cannot have or buy a gun if his/her terms of probation forbid it. Also taken from Google
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I moved to Vermont in 2020. I want to spend the rest of my life here, and I never want to leave! ❤
Born and raised in Vermont. I couldn’t wait to move as far away as physically possible… but it takes moving away to appreciate Vermont for all that she is. A true hidden gem, there is literally nowhere else quite like it in this world. I feel blessed to call myself a Vermonter… as I’m typing this comment from South Florida 😆
Why did you move to South Florida? I live in Miami Florida and can't wait to move away from this hell hole. 😂
I'm with you Malrissa. Born and raised a Green Mountain Boy. Living in Florida on the Gulf of Mexico for most of my life now. But trips back home always fill me with joy and happiness, not to mention corn and apples and maple syrup. My aunt and uncle have a farm up state and still fill my orders for a few quarts when my supply is low.
We live in South Florida and we can't wait to move to Vermont.
We are done with the heat, hurricane scares, crazy road drivers and growing population here. We are getting crowded and that is scary. We are moving out before all of you realized what Florida really is.
100%agree, live in SF and dream about Vermont❤️
Vermont is super overpriced but beautiful. Very few conveniences
I went to school in the state 4 years. The most beautiful state I've ever seen and I've seen 36 of them
Native NH person here. More than happy to stay right here!
Amazing place to grow up. It’s expensive to live here but it balances out because there aren’t millions of people and you can easily find seclusion and quiet!!! You can actually see the stars at night and there’s so many places to explore.
I don't need 10 reasons, I'll pick Vermont over New Jersey ANY DAY
LOL. I have a video coming out about Jersey soon :)
Yes. Very good state.
O yeah New Jersey is awful
I went to college in Middlebury. I did enjoy my time there to some extent, but the place did make me really depressed in the winter...it was sometimes really rough to be there. I think it takes a tougher sort of person to be there, and, though there was that wonderful small town charm and all the fall colors and wonderful nature, it takes real adjustment to get used to rural life. There are some real trade-offs and you need to weigh them carefully if you're going to go rural. I would be willing to bet that most people couldn't handle it. But...even though I didn't stay in Vermont, it was ultimately good for my soul to be there.
You poor thing.
We are very tough. This is why we wear the badges on our vehicles, “Vermont Strong and Tough too”. Truth to that. Many city folk struggle to have bears and raccoons as neighbors but we cherish it! No noise, no pollution, no crime, complete privacy and acceptance. The winters are not difficult. Not if you are native. It’s actually welcomed and we do enjoy our winter sports. Just bundle up! So much to do all year around in this state. Your negative feelings are yours and you can keep them. Let everyone else make their own decisions. Thanks. Equal opportunity and equal rights here.
Almost nothing in the world will beat those northeastern New England forests. It's just....I don't know how to describe it, you have to go there and see...I'd say...."clean" feeling? I think that's it, it just feels very very very 'clean' up there. Down here now in North Carolina it feels gnarly, messy and swampy.
What part of Carolina you in? NC is like my second home. My dad's side of the family is from there, 40 miles below Asheville in the Blue Ridge Mountains. The mountains are pretty nice. I think it's a beautiful part of the country. I've never been to Vermont. Just seen picture's and videos
@@nobleman_81 I have lived in Vermont and NC. NC is fun. Vermont is…Vermont,
This video was super funny, well-made, and informative. How does this channel not have more subscribers??
That’s what I’m wondering hahha
I also loved this video and am now a subscriber. I’ve never laughed out loud once in a travel video. And here, i did it like two or three times!
This video is pretty good but actually, Vermont made 2.5 million gallons of maple syrup last sugaring season.
At 79 and having lived in 5 different countries and 12 different states Vermont is the best of the N E states. It’s the most beautiful and serene. An always present sense of something spiritual like emitting from the ground that the other neighboring states don’t have. Definitely Hobbit Land in the warmer seasons. No trash or graffiti anywhere.
Being a lifelong resident. It's almost a certainty you will want to retire to a warm southern state. You will get sick of shoveling/snowblowing snow. Then the shitty mud season that follows. I have always swore I'd never lay my head anywhere else. Well at 42yrs old I've had my fill. Unfortunately all good things come to an end.
ahhhh that's too bad
As a lifelong southerner, there is no worse place to be. The grass is always greener, eh?
I love the South! I could not stand, and hubby refuses, to live in snow, mud, ice. Been there, done that!
Wow, so sorry to hear. My home is in St. Johnsbury. I’m in Florida until May. I do not like this heat at all it is horrible and my sinus have gone mad. Best wishes to you.
I moved to VT on a job transfer in 1985, by 1997 when I moved away I couldn't wait to get out. Nice place to visit but expensive and tiring to live there. Some gorgeous days but 3x as much grim weather. And I never saw a place with more bugs!
I LOVE THE PLACE, THE Trees & everything soo colorful, I love the rivers, lakes & leaves falling different colors in roads, is sooo pretty ...i think gonna checkout houses there & get out the f*n Cali , i have 2 houses in Cali
You'll find that everyone there hates anyone from someplace else, and that 'you can never be a real Vah-montah because you weren't bahwn theyah.'
I moved from upstate NY and everyone has been very kind. The only thing I would warn you about is the winter if your not ready it can take you off guard
Please don’t come here
Don’t sell your houses until you’ve survived a few mud and black fly seasons. And be prepared to be very, very bored. Yes, it is beautiful….
@@townhall05446 that is a mixed bag. We've been in West Brattleboro for 3 years now. We have (felt) that, as we are from NJ and been called Flatlanders also. We've been called worse. lol. I think there is a pride factor VT people like to display. And really its ok. We are closer with our neighbors here than we ever were down in NJ.
I was born in Vermont and I still live in Vermont I'm never gonna leave Vermont in my life
Love it! My hometown is St. Johnsbury. I can’t wait to get back home!
Love your humor, thanks for putting this summary on Vermont together. Lovely
Stunning commute.
Give me a break! Nice commute
It’s stunning. It’s not just nice.
I am 50 and spent all My 50 years here. I can make that comment. Just saying.
viewing this video because I just visited Burlington and loved it and wanted to learn more
Nice, I hope you enjoyed it :)
We have lived in Vermont for 27 years and loved it. The people are mostly kind and some of them real Vermonters are very quirky. In Vermont, if your family haven’t born and lived there for three generations, you are not Vermonter! They are not impressed by your high profile job or what you have.
People value your work ethics, kindness and independence. The best place to raise a family. It is rural, but not backward. There are tradition of holding town meetings, very liberal. Look at Bernie Sanders (socialist senator), Pat Lehey, James Jeffords. The first state to recognize the same sex marriage. After our retirement
we moved to a New York community near by. If you are senior citizen living in a rural part of Vermont, it’s not so easy to get around. The state taxes the Social Security, and all that shoveling the snow and mowing your property are tough. And where we lived, the nearest doctors and the hospital are 45 minutes away.
I lived there for 2 years, at the end I was happy to move to a warmer climate. While the skiing is stellar , the days you're not on the slopes in the winter are very tough when you're dealing with really cold temps & driving in the snow / ice. Also hard to make a living up there. Fantastic place to visit and vacation or a 2nd home if you can pull that off ( I cant )
If my wife was on board, I would move to Vermont tomorrow!
One thing I learned about Vermont that surprised me (and I never have seen anyone cover) is it is still home to Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's family!
Who are they?
@@TheTravelerUS Alexandr Solzhenitsyn is Russian-American writer.
@@TheTravelerUS 😳🤔
That’s because he’s now just another Vermonter.
I just love Vermont
“Rude-yard” Kipling! 😂😂😂
Vermont is a real paradise.
Oh yea, it's a nice place to live.
It really is
The brutal winters that last 5 months are a thing.
Five reasons VT is not for you: 1) The people LOVE tourist but they do NOT like "flatlanders," that move there. They have been known to do some pretty weird things to flatlanders, like "Icepack" their front door in during the middle of winter so they cant get out or in! 2) Winter: sometimes reaches -20 at night for a month at a time. 3) Food delivery, unless you're in a major place like Burlington, you MUST get off the couch. 4) One-way thinking. They do not do change. It's like living in the 1800's. ANd finally 5) Speaking of the 1800's, if you dont live in a major city, you will not get Internet, cell phone service, and television will cost you 100. for basic stations each night. Why? Because there is no competition.
@@noreason1495 Eh not all true. I live in a very rural town and have fiber internet and my cell phone comes in most places. You can get an antenna for basic stations and many towns have cable TV. There's also several satellite services available.
Yes we do change, and the state in general has changed very much. It was VERY red for over 100 years but now is VERY blue.
@@noreason1495 everything you say, except the food delivery thing, is false. Icepack? where do people get the ideas to make these things up?
Not 5 months but yes, we have winters. Lol
Don’t forget mud season.
There's actually 2 syrup seasons. One in spring and one in fall. You can hike through a remote ghost town in Waterbury too.
What is this syrup season in the fall?
Born and raised here, but I never heard about Vermontlantis! Very interesting!
Haven't even seen the video and would love to make it home.
I love Vermont
You forgot Jay Peak for skiing - it's awesome up there
Jay Peaks skiing isn’t that good in my opinion, smugglers notch is better
@@chromasis10 Depends on what you're looking for. Off trail is encouraged at Jay
Wow i've been swimming in the wilmington reservoir for years and never knew about the ghost town at the bottom 🤯
Yea, it's crazy!
Thinking about going home to Burlington, VT for memory weekend? Wow the hotel prices for a 4 star $550 a night, they are crazy and to think they are booked up. What is there that would make someone pay that high? Save your money, go to Virginia beach over looking the ocean for under $400
Fix the road from St.Johnsbury to Montpellier because I hit the same potholes I did in 1973.
I grew up in Vermont every year I'd pas 4 months in Lincoln VT but I'm a Canadian. Vermont is like a little brother to us it's warmer the winters are less harsh. Vermont is a nice place
Nice!
What are a few parts of VT that are nice to live in? Nothing trashy or ghetto.
Can you recommend some spots?
@@anythingadrenaline4515 Vermont is pretty nice everywhere bro low crime rate all around.
Try Virginia, much better.
@@MarkStAmour-ju1jv barf
05361 checking in, sold my house in Seattle 5yrs ago and slowly but surely working my raw land into a house site
Do your research before moving VT (due to lack of Jobs & decent paying ones , and also overprice property tax ).
Very good point!
The jobs are actually decent playing can make 50 dollars an hour if you work in a good system like government.
Most jobs Pay low. Pay more for everything due to horrible transportation to VT.
It was about to.
Then I remembered Tynan Laird lives there.
Go Vermont go…… is fantastic
very true!
You probably never lived outside your Mom's basement! VT sux!
I landed in med school in Burlington and thought it was a place I wanted to live. Until professional admin made my life Hell. I was an outsider. They say it takes seven generations to ‘become a vermonter’. I was a stranger in the kingdom. I fell in love there. Having been born and raised under the napoleonic code I found the British common law system just way to Cold. It’s cold up there and it’s not the weather:)
the covered bridges in vermont are working examples… not rotten and about to fail (for the larger part)… come visit and enjoy
I'm in the Albany area and Vermont is under an hour away. I've always wanted to visit because I love nature and mountains. The problem is the expense and, unfortunately, the tax-unfriendliness. It would be great if I could retire there in a few years, but from what I've read, it's a horrible State if you're on a fixed income, and I don't make a lot.😔💔❤️
Vermont is great but it sucks that not a lot of trains run here
yea, that's an issue I've heard people raise!
Do not marry it until you’ve dated for quite awhile…it is a charming, but very odd, place.
I've wanted to move to Vermont for over 30 years now.
DO NOT MOVE HERE.
@@leem3793 why?
@@sparkygump because there's nothing here and there's really nothing to do. there's no real good places to shop, there isn't great cell service or internet availability and overall the state lacking in many ways. i mean if you like the peace and quiet then go for it but personally i wanna live somewhere else
@@leem3793 I live in the Albany, NY area and have been visiting Vermont since the early 90's. I know all about the situations you described and am fine with them. With Starlink, The T-Mobile/Space-X partnership and online shopping, those problems you are experiencing will soon be gone. I grew up in the sticks in Central NY and know the importance of a well stocked pantry and freezer. I think I'm at a different stage of life than you so our perspectives are different. Go live a vibrant life in a city while you're young. Youth goes all too quickly.
@@sparkygump yes i would love to live in a city.
Vermont!
I literally live at Vermont-
lucky you!
Is it ok to drink syrup out of the bottle?
Can you do 10 reason not to move to Alabama and Canadá
I'll think about Alabama but I'm not doing anything outside of the USA!
Live in Alabama and love it. On the ocean. We have the best of both worlds. Hours from beautiful TN mts. The, east Georgia. And then Fl. If you have never been to Sanibel Island, or Amelia Island, Fl you are missing a treat! Much further, the Keys! Every state has their pluses!
Ill move there after Hell freezes over...twice!
lightening bugs in summer?
I've got the best of both worlds, I live in Western Massachusetts about 5 Milles South of Vermont State Line
nice
Thanks for the giggle..,ain’t that the truth. Former Mass. resident who thought a rustic college experience in Vt. would be oh so fine…
Beautiful Video…..I had to Turn the VolumAll the way Down tho because the Narrator was Driving me Nutz🤦♂️
I live here it is very nice
"I might die, rotten wood covered bridge"?
Sounds like Switzerland?
4 Reasons New Hampshire is better than Vermont:
1. Live
2. Free
3. or
4. Die
🔥 Yessir, I love it.
Vermont is more free and laid back then NH. There is not much in NH that strikes me as appealing. Maybe Hampton beach but that's it.
How free? Can you live off grid? Build your own log cabin from your property trees without gvt a****** interference? Can you own/carry a firearm/pistol conceal carry? Semi automatic rifles? If not then it ain free too me... I'm an avid hunter only eat what I kill an vice versa, & eat what I grow haven't shopped for groceries in years ...off gridder for life...
@@enolwlfe You can carry without a CCW in both states. Governor Scott decided one night a few years back that there should be magazine capacity limits and a bunch of other “gun control” that skirts the otherwise great Vermont carry laws or lack there of. The cool thing, in my opinion, is that you can get an ACTUAL permit that’s reciprocal in a bunch of other states from NH. Some people use it to get the Florida and Utah non res permit which will allow you to carry legally in quite a few states. I find that the sweet spot would be to either rent or own a house with a low property tax burden in NH. I own 10 acres in the NEK in which I can live of grid but I would love to also have something in NH to take advantage of what I mentioned above. That’s just me! Does that sound like a plan to you or am I missing something? Respectfully! Take care!
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@@XGenBoomer PERFECT! Sounds great to me my bro i appreciate the info, you definitely didn't miss anything👍👍
Beautiful state no doubt, lived there 17 years, but Why don't more people move there?
People can't handle peace and quiet.
One reason not to move here right now - lack of housing, let alone affordable housing.
The 2023 Vermont Flooding 🫣
I live in Vermont, and the ‘23 flooding was bad. What’s even worse is that many of the same communities got flooded again in ‘24, and it happened on the exact same day😔
@@joshlivingston2828 Sorry to hear that 🤍
@BetterrTomorrow Thank you 🤍
Lowest crime rate. I wonder if there are any other interesting statistics about Vermont that could be a contributing factor to that.
(5:42) Vermont is a safe country for several reason.
Me: points out some reason but, as always, ignores the main factor why it's safe and people can accuse a suspect without being called r*cist. How about being homogeneous actually works, especially when they're no Blacx folks.
Im moving to Vermont because it was once it's own country, for 14 years. 🥴
I am a Vermonter who after 25 years left that horrible state like most Vermonters whant to do. I will never go back not even to visir.
Can you elaborate?
Thank you Nicolas Cage for educating me about Vermont.
Now if only the State would legislate and get all those powerlines in the _GROUND_ , it would be _PERFECT_ !!
HAHA!
Most of the state is mostly ledge we couldn't bury the lines if we wanted to
You clearly do not get Vermont..,spend MONEY to dig up every tourist road??
@@liannebedard5521- uhhhh....the trench with the power lines is dug *_beside_* the road...and filled in afterwards. 🤦🤦
Have you ever seen a roadside crew..,of any kind…that did not manage to create a major bottleneck? Ah, the charm of a two lane road with a two mile backup..,
Yooo, lake dunmore is the best!
eyooooo
I'm a native Vermonter and I will not leave Vermont for anyone.I am inviting anyone to visit Vermont.So Vermont is open to anyone else who would like to see more of the green mountain state, Come anytime.
nice!
No way! I live now in Virginia and this state beats Vermont all the way.
@@MarkStAmour-ju1jv You can have Virginia any day you want.Vermont is my favorite state until I die.What do you have against Vermont?
Thank you!! I REALLY want to live in VT one day. Planning on saving up as much as I possibly can to do so (I'm very interested in Burlington which I know is expensive). It's refreshing to see a comment that makes me feel welcome.
You complain about property taxes? Go to Colorado. The last assessment are in. Many folks just got hit with 40 to 50 percent increases over last year. A typical home on 1 ac with 2500 sq ft averages 1 million. Winters are a roller coaster. Warm December days followed by temps as low as minus 30. Water is a bitch. If you don’t have a good well, you can pay upwards of 250 or more per month for water. If you find cheap land, your off grid and you have a water tank in your truck as you have to haul water. If you creekside, you get flash flooded basements every summer. If your land is vacant, you pay four times as much in taxes. Compare that with Vermont’s current use tax programs. The roads are a zoo! Stand still traffic on overloaded four lanes freeways in Denver. In ski season , lift tickets cost both of your balls and your first born. Getting back from vail to Denver takes a 1.5 hour drive over to an 8 hour drive. And I haven’t talked about northern VA, CA or New Jersey. You can’t build a garden bench without county permits and the inspectors are up your ass 24-7.
Vermont the new name is Heroin state
LOL - I don't even wanna know why haha
Is it different than MA, NH, NY, CT? Where do you think it all comes from? Just watch the news and see where the dealers arrested come from.
@@gary6676 Burlington is the worst place to live the is shooting everyday and crime rate is out of control
Exactly!The scumbags bring it here,prey on the weak & slither back & hide in the big city when things get hot!@@gary6676
I am also a native Vermonter: Why Vermont what? I grew-up in Burlington, Vt. I worked with Ben & Jerry's. I walked down Willard St. with Bernie when he was mayor. I could not wait to leave and am very glad I did. Living in VA now for over 39 years. This is a very cold place to live, freezing most of the time. I guess if one is rich this would be a nice place. No jobs, people living on the streets in very cold weather staying close to the man hole covers to stay warm. Housing/property tax is very high for what one gets, most houses are like over 80 years old in Burlington and falling down (DON'T BUT). St. Alban's bay NEVER buy, bad move, in that area you will smell raw sewage and you will not be able to sell. Crime is way up, watch your back if you go. YUK
So you never lived anywhere else! If so, you would have said. "This place sux big time"
@@jefferyyoder9785 Yes, I have been in Virginia for over 30 years now. Would never move back to Vermont, very high property taxes and this makes me wonder how the elderly survive there.
@@MarkStAmour-ju1jv Property taxes are similar to NH. Less even in some cases
Grew up in burlington, left in 96, high cost of living, jobs suck, in florida jobs everywhere, opportunities also!
Average 89 inches of snow a year, nope don't think so.
IT STILL FEELS LIKE IT IS IT'S OWN COUNTRY / NO OTHER PLACE LIKE IN THE WORLD WELL AT LEAST THE U.S.A. / AND WE LOVE IT / IT'S A TRUST IN GOD AND KEEP YOUR POWDER DRY KIND OF PLACE / SINGS MEAN WHAT THEY SAY , LIKE NO PARKING OR NO TURN AROUND IN DRIVE WAY AND KEEP OUT AND PRIVET PROPERTY THEY MEAN WHAT THEY SAY / I LOVE IT / IT'S A LIVE AND LET LIVE KIND OF PLACE / JUST TRY NOT TO PISS OFF YOUR NEIGHBORS AND EVERY THING WILL BE ALRIGHT / KEEP THE FAITH, JESUS SAVES / THANK GOD FOR VERMONT A PLACE WHERE A PERSON CAN TRULY FEEL RELAXED HAAAAAA FEELS GOOD
Check out mud season before you put any money down…it ain’t all charm…
Get rid of their Red Flag laws stop taxing social security. High property tax, no breaks for the Veteran population.
I live in Vermont and I hate out of staters going super slow
I was born/grew-up there until I was 30. Smartest thing I did was to move out. Yes, watch out for them out-of-staters they are there to take any high paying job away for the Vermonter. Do they still have that saying?: Don't hire the Vermonter they don't know anything? In Virginia I had this contract with the VA (White River) working for over 3 years but when the one from the VA (Whtie River) got wind that I was Born/grew-up in Burlington she saw to it that I lost my job under that contract.
@@MarkStAmour-ju1jv Interesting. From my experience, any worker from VT that moves down south is immediately hired due to the known work ethic.
If that goombah tries any rough stuff, tell him I'm no bandleader!
Before you get too excited, look into the outrageous TAXES....
Taxes are only an issue if you don't know how to take quality deductions. I'd rather live in Vermont than Texas with their lax tax laws any day.
@@xrpmaxi8839 what’s a quality deduction?
Depends. Are you single, married, do you own a business? How much do you make a year? There isn't really a blanket answer, but I can tell you that if you're making less than 60K per year taxes are actually very fair. The tax burden really only impacts high income earners.
@@xrpmaxi8839 Single, I’m an independent contractor truck driver. No house I pay rent. Make about 75k
@@xrpmaxi8839 What makes Texas have lax laws?
Well, Bernie, Patrick Leahy(?) and all socialist politicians in VT were working hard, to make it difficult on high tax rates, especially real estate… other than that great living
damn that was an annoying announcer
Vergennis is pronounced, "Ver-jens" not "Verjenines"
Nobody commits crime here because just about every homeowner owns a gun for the bears...and other intruders if need be.
The higher the tail the closer to Heaven. Likewise the opposite, The lower the tail, the closer to Hell😂
If you move to Vermont it’s a very Bernie Sanders socialist Marxist state
It will cost more to live there then any where else
So many problems with this video.. Missing 2021
Video is full of spin and bs
Yeah? Like what?
low crime is due to demographic factors.
Beautiful? Yes! Competent government and an infrastructure up to American standards? Absolutely not! Don’t move here unless you’re prepared to rough it
It’s VUR-JENNS. Not Ver-jen-ess.
Syrup stucking stump jumpers..
New Jersey rocks
Jersey sucks! It's where NYers park their cars.
Is there any african American people in Vermont?
Sorriest damn state I ever lived in!
Hard pass No to that state.
4 reasons not to move to Vermont:
1. Very high cost of living
2. High taxes
3. Desolate
4. Brutal winters
You forgot "You can pay higher taxes than most other states." and "You can live off of the Gov't with no repercussions.'
ooooh 😂
Don’t come here it’s horrible.
It's boring up there and they have
Relaxed gun laws. More of an outdoors state
Relaxed gun laws? Ok, changed my mind.
@@pepijykyum
Vermont does not require permits to purchase and has no firearms registration. Both open carry and concealed carry are legal without a permit in Vermont. Any person 16 or older (although federal law requires the age to be 18) who can legally possess a firearm is allowed to carry openly or concealed. Taken from google .
Vermont state law says that a person cannot have or buy a gun if s/he has been convicted of a violent felony. Additionally, a person who is on probation cannot have or buy a gun if his/her terms of probation forbid it.
Also taken from Google
do not move here.
Just move away
@@gary6676 ya i exactly just move away
@@leem3793 I hope you have
I hail from Alberg. Best state in the Union
Creamies are a food group