somedudevt t1_j3g7jvo wrote on January 8, 2023 at 9:26 AM

Reply to comment by Mikkikon in Where should I start looking to move? by [deleted]

And that’s fine, but why does the better life have to be somewhere other than where they are? It’s a free country so they can do what they want, but EVERY blue voter that leaves a red or purple state makes that state worse. It further erodes the accountability of the leaders there. So they may find a better life here, but at the cost of making things worse where they are coming from.

Mikkikon t1_j3gug1v wrote on January 8, 2023 at 1:59 PM

I get that and agree to some extent, but I don’t think politics is the main reason why people are coming (or that red states are all more poorly managed than blue ones, for that matter). People want to live near the mountains and natural beauty and somewhere less crowded, or maybe they’re fleeing natural disasters. Drive up 91 in Vermont and it looks like a ghost town. Drive down to Mass and CT and it’s gridlock. It seems like the state should be able to accommodate a few more people without hurting (maybe even helping) the existing population, unless policy is just really bad.

somedudevt t1_j3ji2ia wrote on January 9, 2023 at 12:18 AM

Well if you want to initiate the process of seizing the large tracts of land that are vacant in the state, cutting them, and subdividing them into suburbia, then I guess that’s an idea to fix the problem. I’m more of the mind that Vermont is beautiful BECAUSE it’s not Massachusetts or New York.