DifficultyNeither273 t1_j5tmvl1 wrote on January 25, 2023 at 2:15 PM

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Can you tell me what the NEK is? I keep seeing people mention it. Where does it include?

1010lala1010lala t1_j5tqxhr wrote on January 25, 2023 at 2:44 PM

North East Kingdom

DifficultyNeither273 t1_j5tr3pr wrote on January 25, 2023 at 2:45 PM

Ohhhh thank you. I just assume that’s the NorthEast part of the state then?

Hemmschwelle t1_j5uqy9v wrote on January 25, 2023 at 6:31 PM

There's a really good novel set in NEK about a single black father that comes to town. It's set in the 20th century, but it sounds like things have not changed so much.

https://www.amazon.com/Stranger-Kingdom-Howard-Frank-Mosher/dp/0618240101

There is also a movie based on the novel, but the novel is much better. Howard Frank Mosher novels chronicle Vermont of yesteryear. I read all of them when I first arrived in Vermont as they resonate with the present.

DifficultyNeither273 t1_j5uzch5 wrote on January 25, 2023 at 7:22 PM

Thank you! I will check it out. :)

8valvegrowl t1_j5ts0z5 wrote on January 25, 2023 at 2:51 PM

The Northeast Kingdom...basically the upper northeast part of the state. I consider roughly everything north and east of Montpelier to be the NEK; Newport and St. Johnsbury are the two big towns of that region. Beautiful area, and lots of good people there, but also a lot of fairly poor, rural folk that are pretty insular. Very much like parts of Appalachia.