[Riley.]

Good. We need more taxpayers! ��

[Flyinirish33]

Originally Posted by pamjedlicka

Good. We need more taxpayers! ��

You know, folks . . . for those of you who haven't heard the term "You catch more bees with honey than you do with vinegar", you'd be wise to adopt it and be a little more welcoming toward those who are basically moving to your state to bail you out of the economic crisis that has been created and who will be sharing the tax burden with you (that we didn't create, mind you!) so you don't have to pack up and leave your homeland (unless you want to do so voluntarily at which I, for one, won't object).

It's no hidden secret that the New England states are known for being densely populated with ice cold (and I'm not talking about the weather), unfriendly, unchurched, pretentious, rude people but nothing says you have to live up to that reputation. Thankfully, not *everyone* in NE is like that or else the entire area would be one big ghost town because no one would want to continue living among and around such uninviting, miserable people!!

You say you want folks to move to VT to help you lighten the (tax) load yet you want these same "transients" to keep their distance, not engage with the "locals", and not 'infect' the existing culture by integrating our own into it (as if what we're bringing is a disease?) SERIOUSLY????

The reality is that my money and I come as a package deal, a "2-fer", so the way I see it your options are: 1) Get over it and start learning how to 'share a little love', gratitude, and appreciation with your potential new neighbors OR 2) Leave. And no, there is isn't a 3rd option. Like it or leave

[Biker53]

Flyinirish, ignore the cgregors and other naysayers. Most folks here welcome those who come and want to become part of the community. I was made to feel very welcome when I came. You are absolutely right that it is a package deal. Tourists and transplants have been the backbone of the VT economy.

[Riley.]

It was a joke. Good grief. But it’s true. And you know NOTHING about me so I would lay off the lecture.
I am not responsible for the financial situation in VT. The liberal progressive voting base and legislature is. I don’t vote for them and never will.
Also, I moved here from CA 15 yrs ago and have been a property owner and taxpayer ever since.

[TurquoiseSky]

Too bad the offer is only for telecommute jobs. They should extend this offer to needed professions. The last time I talked to Rutland Regional Medical Center they practically begged me to take the job, but I found a better financial fit elsewhere.

[Riley.]

Cost of living here is becoming prohibitive and the state appears disinclined to fix their spending problems. If money is no issue for someone, and you like winter, I would recommend VT highly. But for most others, I would just caution you to do your homework about costs, etc. Was the job at RRMC a nursing job? I do know those appear to be in high demand here. One of the few...

[harry chickpea]

Originally Posted by Flyinirish33

You know, folks . . . for those of you who haven't heard the term "You catch more bees with honey than you do with vinegar", you'd be wise to adopt it and be a little more welcoming toward those who are basically moving to your state to bail you out of the economic crisis that has been created and who will be sharing the tax burden with you (that we didn't create, mind you!) so you don't have to pack up and leave your homeland (unless you want to do so voluntarily at which I, for one, won't object).

It's no hidden secret that the New England states are known for being densely populated with ice cold (and I'm not talking about the weather), unfriendly, unchurched, pretentious, rude people but nothing says you have to live up to that reputation. Thankfully, not *everyone* in NE is like that or else the entire area would be one big ghost town because no one would want to continue living among and around such uninviting, miserable people!!

You say you want folks to move to VT to help you lighten the (tax) load yet you want these same "transients" to keep their distance, not engage with the "locals", and not 'infect' the existing culture by integrating our own into it (as if what we're bringing is a disease?) SERIOUSLY????

The reality is that my money and I come as a package deal, a "2-fer", so the way I see it your options are: 1) Get over it and start learning how to 'share a little love', gratitude, and appreciation with your potential new neighbors OR 2) Leave. And no, there is isn't a 3rd option. Like it or leave

Never lived in Vermont, have you? FWIW, the root expression was "You catch more flies with honey than you do with vinegar." Ben Franklin quoted it from an Italian source. Why did it get changed to catching bees? My guess is that 1. Very few people are interested in catching flies without then killing them, which makes for an ugly metaphor, and 2. As any Vermont farmer knew, you catch many more flies with manure or rotting meat than either vinegar or honey. That is still true, as a glance at facebook or the evening news will quickly verify.

"as if what we're bringing is a disease?" Back when Vermont was "churched" it often was a disease. The "Vicious Circle" was only tolerated because the debauchery was contained on an island in Lake Bomoseen. The inroads of the wealthy around Weston was tolerated but not approved of, much as the hippie invasion and goings on at Goddard. The clash between the churchgoing rurals and the transplants became even more contentious when heavily populated left-leaning Chittenden County took control of state government. When a way of life that existed for generations was threatened by transplants, the attitude was not going to be charitable and inclusive, especially when demand for new services had no hope of funding except by much higher taxation.

Your flawed either-or "logic" is full of the hubris of youth. If I were to build a piggery next door to your multi-generational family home, I suspect you might backtrack your stance.

[sovertennis]

Wife (who's worked remotely for 15 years) and I, who moved south three years after 40 years in VT saw this generous offer of $10k and had a good laugh. A quick calculation showed that it would pay for about 60% of the annual property taxes on a small home (or we could live in a decrepit rental); the rest would be quickly absorbed in the first winter's fuel bill. Of course, it would buy proportionately more if we moved to Springfield to enjoy the pioneering life, but that's another story.