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Originally Posted by Normy
This is another of the "undiscovered places" That you hear about!
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Burlington is hardly undiscovered. Its won magazine awards for most liveable city on at least one occasion (that I know of, perhaps more than once).
After living there for 10 years, I bailed. Winter sucked, but mostly I left because there are very few career opportunities. There are so many people who want to live there and are willing to get paid ****e in order to do so, its a field day for employers. Its the "quality of life" penalty, as in: "this place is so fabulous and progressive, so we don't need to pay you as much" This would possibly be ok if the cost of living were much lower than other places...but its not really.
A popular bumper sticker when I was there said: "Moonlight in Vermont or starve"
On the plus side, Vermont summers are epic. The countryside is spectacular, there are NO BILLBOARDS (against the law), great mountain roads, etc.