BudsKind802

BudsKind802 t1_jeamrtb wrote

Mr. Pindrus has been vital in helping Netanyahu achieve "Prime Minister for life" status, and has demonstrated he has no commitment to democracy or peace or even religious freedom for his constituency.

From 2021: >He called for the murder of "people who contribute to miscegenation", invoking a Biblical story about the murder of a Jewish man and non-Jewish woman while they were making love by lancing a spear through their engaged sexual organs.

> He made his comments on Monday while addressing - and looking at - Mansour Abbas, a Palestinian citizen of Israel who is a deputy minister in Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's coalition and the head of the Islamist Raam party.

Sounds like a nice guy to pattern after.

EDIT: Also, props to this bot for blocking any critical comments. Fuck back off to whatever sewer you climbed out from.

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BudsKind802 t1_jdyq8v5 wrote

As much as this sub pushes away people from moving here, there are chances for people to move here successfully. To better understand the area, try to visit some time in mid spring or late fall to see the worst of the seasons. There's a big difference between the sun of Italy and the cloudy dull weather that's prevalent here.

Job listings are plentiful online for restaurant workers, and that same shortage makes it difficult for small business owners to keep their businesses open. You can use the pay information you find to budget out what you can afford for housing (should be no more than 1/3rd your monthly take home pay), heating costs for 6-7 months, health care (you're fully on your own for insurance in most restaurant jobs) through the exchanges, car + insurance + gas (which will be significantly cheaper than what you pay), an extra set of winter clothing and gear, services like water and sewer and trash collection, and groceries. Once you have that budget number, you can search around for available housing onliine, which you'll find is limited and more expensive than many US cities. That will be your reality check.

It's not impossible to survive and thrive here, but it's more difficult than many parts of the country. The lower the pay you take in, the harder it will be. A Sicilian restaurant that puts out consistent, authentic, quality food would do well here, either in the larger areas or the rural towns that have no real food options. My local pizza place started in our small town 30 minutes of Burlington, and they've grown to 3 locations that all seem to do a brisk business.

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BudsKind802 t1_jdthkp9 wrote

Reply to Any advice? by Log_Myri33

You should visit the area during mud season and/or stick season to get an idea of how bucolic our state can be.

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BudsKind802 t1_jderxep wrote

From experience, there isn't a real LGTBQ community besides the small pockets in Burlington and Montpelier, and there's only 1 or two "unofficial" gay bars in the state. There are no " rural gayborhoods" here, and the closest you'll find in the cities won't line up with your desire to be a gun-friendly prepper.

If you're looking to find a partner, know that the people you see on whatever app you use will be the same people you see in every app in perpetuity without much variety.

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BudsKind802 t1_jc2samr wrote

I live in a similar town (or maybe the same one!). My Class II dirt road has been undergoing its worst mud season ever that started in Mid-January, and the town can't get the maintenance equipment on it either until it dries out in April/May. They've taken to sprinkling the worst bits with loose rocks to help with traction.

On the positive side, my road isn't being used as a cut-through anymore.

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BudsKind802 t1_jbunthp wrote

I was tracking until he started making density comparisons between Seattle and Vermont, that's a grapefruit and grape comparison.

Maybe a road-miles comparison for density would be a better measure of density? Washington has 294,000 Subarus from this source, and Vermont has 73,000, and Washington has 168,000 miles of road, while Vermont has 16,000. So that would mean that Washington has 1.75 Subarus per mile of road, while Vermont has 4.6 Subarus per road mile.

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BudsKind802 t1_jareke4 wrote

Other states have "bare roads" plowing policies. Because that would cost taxpayers here a fortune, VT has a "safe roads at safe speeds" policy - essentially they'll do the best they can but you may not see pavement under the snow on some roads, so slow down and don't drive like a lunatic.

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BudsKind802 t1_jae1abz wrote

Reply to comment by TreeEleben in SHAGUAR on the prowl by somewhere_in_VT

Some nutbag threw a full energy drink can and scratched my car a few years ago because she was pissed I wasn't tailgating the car in front of me in a long line of traffic. The cops came, found the can that matched my scratch marks, told me I could be arrested for parking behind her and taking video of her, and then ghosted me when I said I wanted to press charges. Thanks, officer friendly!

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