Fairfield is probably only viable one. She drives to her metro north. But ya it’s gonna be brutal after a year or two. Start looking for options to switch.

Go panthers

Idk. It’s a nice park and event space and it preserved it from development. I’m going with net positive

Fromage in Old Saybrook is the best

Ya second #4 be a good person but feel free to ignore people being critical of you just because “they are a real Vermonter because they have been here for 5 generations” and not cause of anything you did

By working full time you are paying taxes here. That’s contributing. Join the co-op but your food there (probably better and cheaper anyway). Volunteer there/library/at local ski hill if you want.

It’s an awesome place. Just think about how close you need to be to an airport or city before picking a place to settle.

I think ramuntos is very solid pizza and that’s a chain with good coverage in the state. It’s buff chick is among the best I have had anywhere. Ipie In killington, American flatbread in middlebury, Number of places in Burlington are good. Nowhere needs more little Cesar’s. Buy a frozen American flatbread for not much more and put it in your oven. Significantly better tasting and better for you.

Corruption / campaign finance certainly isn’t a one side issue. The republican scandals usually are dumber or to tilt elections vs straight greed (William Jefferson) or to get legislation passed (Cuomo) for democrats though. Certainly seems to be proportionally more campaign finance violations for republicans though.