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During my childhood, my aunt, uncle, maternal grandparents and 3 cousins, lived on a farm in E Thetford. I have memories of blue skies, wild flowers, summer sunshine, a 4H cow named Dolly, shooting at cans in the Connecticut River, and abundant fields of crops.
My thoughts of Vermont are all good.
This was in the 1960s. My uncle paid $20k for 40 acres, a farmhouse and some outbuildings. About 10 years later, they sold for $22k. Later, my cousin told me that the next time the property sold it was for $2 million.
Outside of Burlington most of Vermont really isn't that pricey.
I could look at homes in Brattleboro and Montpelier, but the state as a whole has onerous tax policies for an out-of-stater on a fixed income that's only at the median level -- very unfriendly tax policies in Vermont for retirees, what with state income taxes, relatively high sales taxes, property taxes, and even Social Security income is taxed, which is NOT the norm in most states. And housing costs are more expensive than many other places. Add that all together, and a low-wage Texas teacher's pension isn't going to cut it in Vermont for many people.
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