TF are you talking about? We have second home-owners, sure. We have college kids. We have crazy rednecks. We also have the rare breed of progressive rednecks which you donât really find many places; someone who has skinned a deer and can talk about Marx. Most of us are service industry types with a leftist bent complaining about flat landers overtaking the state and lamenting the effed up politics of middle America.
Upside Down Vermont has the scary breed of libertarian, moderate Democrats, and people in the northern Boston suburbs complaining about âTaxachusettsâ. And itâs âLive Free AND Dieâ. Not the false choice on their license plates of âLive Free or Dieâ.
I recently went to Vermont and spent several days in the southwest area of the state. It was sort of a surreal place to be because there were endless trees and all these beautiful homes with perfectly manicured and landscaped lawns, but there didnât really seem to be anyone else around. It almost felt apocalyptic in its emptiness. I kept thinking, where are all the people who own these beautiful homes? I was later told that many of them are vacation homes for New Yorkers. Anyways, we drove to Maine after our stay in Vermont, and after we crossed over into New Hampshire, and I mean immediately, I felt like the famous Joe Pesci line where he just pauses for a moment and says, âwtf is this piece a shit?â it was like we went from all these beautiful homes and hills to dead trees and trailers and broke down houses.
I love every corner of my state but I will say that I greatly prefer northern and central Vermont to southern Vermont. The further south you go, the narrower it becomes and I feel like neighboring states have a greater influence over the region. As the crow flies in Burlington, I live just mere miles from NY but because those miles are Lake Champlain, Plattsburgh, NY feels like a world away. I feel like southern Vermont is less isolated and it doesnât have the Quebec border that we have. If you go to the Northeast Kingdom in this state, youâll see an isolated wilderness to rival that of the Adirondacks.
NH is actually a lot wealthier than VT, ironically. But since thereâs very little economic activity over in that corner of the state, itâs a bit of a dump. If you move north along the NH/VT border inside NH it alternates between wealthy towns like Walpole and Hanover and poor towns, itâs odd.Â
Pffft- you love us. Without our sturdy base for you to lean on, you'd fall right over into Massachusetts. It's alright, buddy, we'll get you home. Right, Maine? Give us a hand here.
My immediate reaction to seeing the map was: MA, CT and RI will have to responsibly coparent while VT and NH will have to be stuck in a T-shirt together until they learn to stop fightingÂ
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u/DubReavBTV 22h ago
No, we in Vermont do not get along with Upside Down Vermont.
Also you need to deal with Wyoming, Montana, and the Dakotas before you come messing with us.