Personally, I can do without all the snow, ice, and cold weather. But I know that it means more hard times for people who make their living, or at least part of their living, from wintertime activities in VT. Fewer people visiting ski mountains. Fewer people for all the businesses and services associated with the ski mountains and other winter tourism. Fewer people riding snowmobiles and doing all those outdoor winter motorsports activities. Hard for people who make money plowing snow in the winter when there is no snow.

It means reduced tax income for the state and probably more people who will need all kinds of state-sponsored assistance too, because they lost their winter jobs and/or much of their income. Though, without the super cold temps and ice/snow, heating costs are going to be lower for everyone and towns won't have to pay as much for plowing and sand/salt for the roads. Not much of a silver lining though.