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Originally Posted by arel

Congratulatons on your upcoming move.

I moved to southern Vermont (Brattleboro)from Brooklyn NY about 5 1/2 months ago and I am now proud and grateful to call Vermont home.

I moved in the fall and am going through my first Vermont winter.

You will have plenty of time to get ready for next winter. All I had to do was get studded snow tires for my car in the late fall. I have a FWD and thought I'd need to get an AWD. But the studded snow tires were all I needed. But then I live in a major town in the southeastern corner of the state, which, I think, has a much milder climate than where you are going.

Since you are moving from Florida, you will probably have to invest in warm winter clothing. If you have some from a previous home in a colder area, then you may not have to. I found I did not have to buy any new clothes or boots because what I had brought from New York was perfectly adequate. I have used the same winter jacket. I did buy some new boots and hats, but I could have stayed perfectly warm with what I already had.

The other necessity is heating fuel, which is a big and absolutely necessary expense. If your rental includes heat and hot water, that is a good thing, but not all do. Hopefully, you'll have your own thermostat and will be able to have some control over how warm your home is.

Streets are well plowed after a snowstorm, but you still have to develop skill and confidence with winter driving. I was most concerned about that before moved up, but with experience and studded snow tires, I've been fine.

Snow tires, warm clothes, heating fuel and winter driving are pretty much all you'll have to adjust to, at least with regard to winter.

Of course, you'll be living in a new locale, with a new people and a new area culture, so you'll also have to adjust to that. Where I live there is plenty going on, plenty of things to do and plenty of places to go, but I don't know much about St. Johnsbury. It is in the Northeast Kingdom, which is supposed to be the most beautiful part of Vermont, and, I have read, the most isolated and conservative.

Please keep us posted about your experiences!

Good luck! And welcome to Vermont!

how bout remembering to plug the car in???????

[GypsySoul22]

Get the best winter gear (clothes) you can afford. Buy good quality (not cheap) boots, coats and so on. You will need several hats for winter, also gloves.

I've worn my winter boots 5 months now...(since November) when the snow and mud and ice started. They were new, now look like they have been beat to hell but still are water tight.