[chaz longue]

I believe the line's about to form outside Joe's Snack Bar...

[carolinajack]

Jamaica Coffee House--the new owners and the old owners they ROCK!!

Grout Pond Rocks

Putney diner rocks

Bennington Christian school rocks

Green Mtns rock baby

[chaz longue]

VT casts a long shadow. There's a certain impression VT makes throughout the world at large. And the impression is pretty positive. It's pretty hard to get a negative impression of VT due to the sinister influence of Maple Syrup, Ben and Jerry's and Green Mountain Coffee Roasters ;-)

[arel]

Pretty impressive for such a tiny state.

[chaz longue]

http://money.aol.com/mortgage/safest-states-to-live-in

After clicking this link, please click the "next" button (right up top, on the right) a couple of times.

[giselle]

Great news! Very encouraging for a prospective resident!

[chaz longue]

Frankly there have been a lot of puzzling posts about crime in VT here at the board. That's why I posted this.

I live footsteps from Downtown Burlington. Many of the people in my neighborhood don't bother to lock their doors until bedtime.

[chaz longue]

Spring's spring and that's another nice thing about VT. We have (at least) 4 distinct seasons!

[KoZmiC NinJa]

Two Chaz Longues responses in one post tee hee.....
I think there are really only two seasons, spring and winter.
But, one thing that took a while to get over(?) when I first got
here was the trust people have of thier neighbors. One of the
jobs I took as a stopgap measure until I found a job in my field
(which never happened) was temporary drivers helper for UPS
during the Christmas season. I couldnt get over that people had
garages and front doors unlocked and told the UPS driver just to
open doors and put the item inside. Everything was unlocked !!
I would open garage doors as per customer instruction and there
would be expensive bicycles, a canoe, and other expensive stuff
and the door is unlocked !! I was told just to walk in peoples houses
to put something on a particular table ! Coming from where I did in
PA this was just too bizarre for me to comprehend ! Im used to it now
and rarely lock my doors, a habit I am going to have to break when
we relocate. If I ever become independantly wealthy I would relocate
back here just for that, alone .

[irishrooster]

Originally Posted by nhyrnut

OK this is for People to tell why they think VT is the place to live. For we all Know how liberal it is. But what makes it so wonderful. Those of us that have lived there , know it has it's good things as well as bad. But let's look at the good. Let's show people why People choose to live here and raise a family here. We all know the vast majority of the people here are Great. but tell us how great it is to live here.

just the sound of that sounds intriquing i am living in tx originally from boston my grandfather was a dairy farmer when he was younger from vermont what would i tell people to want to make them want to live in vermont hmm how about this move to texas where i am in the summer with 100 dgr days nearest water is 3 to 4 hours away and ther is no scenery no foliage can not sit on the grass red ants and lets dont mention food texas tacos tacos tacos oh and mexican food yes lots of diversity vermont with ther 4 seasons beautiful colorful trees in fall lots of homemade ice cream in the summer cheese fresh from the cows wine picnics swimming in ponds winter time is fun with sledding caroling and drinking cider from orchard apples and dont forget spring flowers green grass and dont forget to add extra activities antiquing history searches ectera ectera and you are close to the major cities unlike texas so vermont is an ideal in my opinion place to live