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I think it's hard to really capture in words, but perhaps Plattsburgh residents feel more "blue collar" or "down to earth" or reserved or perhaps conservative. Vermonters are often viewed as being less inhibited, living in a bubble, more "anything goes". I have the impression that there's more grit, or bluntness, across the lake. The feel of the culture is definitely quite different.
I think it's hard to really capture in words, but perhaps Plattsburgh residents feel more "blue collar" or "down to earth" or reserved or perhaps conservative. Vermonters are often viewed as being less inhibited, living in a bubble, more "anything goes". I have the impression that there's more grit, or bluntness, across the lake. The feel of the culture is definitely quite different.
Well, Plattsburgh is a distant provincial town with 80,000 residents in its surrounding area, while Burlington is the cultural and demographic capital of its state (and home to its flagship university) with 215,000 in its metro.
The two cities essentially exist for different reasons, and thus have a different type of populace.
I think it's hard to really capture in words, but perhaps Plattsburgh residents feel more "blue collar" or "down to earth" or reserved or perhaps conservative. Vermonters are often viewed as being less inhibited, living in a bubble, more "anything goes". I have the impression that there's more grit, or bluntness, across the lake. The feel of the culture is definitely quite different.
Yeah Plattsburgh is completely different from Burlington.
Well, Plattsburgh is a distant provincial town with 80,000 residents in its surrounding area, while Burlington is the cultural and demographic capital of its state (and home to its flagship university) with 215,000 in its metro.
The two cities essentially exist for different reasons, and thus have a different type of populace.
To be fair to Plattsburgh, it does have a state college and community college. It was a long time Air Force town and has seen some growth in select employment sectors in recent years. Many from Quebec would use its airport in regular times as well.
^What could be appealing about Plattsburgh is its proximity to Montreal(about an hour or so away), the Adirondacks(minutes away) and you can take the ferry across lake Champlain to Vermont: https://ferries.com/
I’m the OP, I’ve been to Plattsburgh hundreds of times, it’s a much more blue collar working class place but that’s not what makes it different. There’s a certain Yankee/Northern New England way of being that’s hard to describe but really obvious to behold. I’m sure it comes from who settled this area originally, as opposed to upstate NY. Yankees are actually really close people from the Canadian Maritimes (aside from Newfoundland) than the rest of the United States, that’s the only way I can put it, while upstate NY is like a mix of the East Coast and the Midwest.
Plattsburgh has a very different feel than anything in Vermont. It's very distinctly "New York" from my experience.
That is quite correct. The western (NY) shore of Lake Champlain is quite different from the other side. (It has many gorgeous spots, much less touristed, and is close to the ADKs.)
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