Good

What?

I have young children and Sorry has been a hit, and Uno

So a private institution has to accept anyone? that's news to me. I'm sure some do, but not all.

I don't think public dollars should go to organizations that don't allow public scrutiny.

Right now they can exclude anyone they choose

What if you're closest hospital is in NH?

The loss of signal was more of a switch to digital, i'm not aware of any stations that shut down. When it was analog, you could get a degraded signal further away. Digital not so much.

I was just surprised to hear that Brattleboro has a higher tax rate than other communities with similar services.

I get where you're coming from though, people always forget about paying taxes each year.

Taxes are typically higher in higher density areas with more services(to help pay for said services like waster water treatment, library, education etc).

I wish our education system actually educated folk on how our taxes actually work...

Does it have to be outside? The rink in Middlebury has public skate times

Huh.... So your tax rate is higher than all others?

You should set up shop at a welcome center to help educate folks, /s

I'm not sure your math here checks out. A house lasts a long time, and in colder climates, heat is a large cost of living. You'd have that sunk cost paid for in less than 10 years, after that it's all profit.

I used to have no problem finding places to rent in VT either, before the pandemic.

The Springfield airport lights cause this sometimes

To everyone digging on Vermont and it's affordability, I hear you, but this is a nation wide problem, Vermont is not special in this regard.

Please don't scare this person away, we need good teachers here.

As a software engineer, I still found the first 3-4 years I lived in the Burlington area as an adult hard to afford, and that was almost 15 years ago now. I'm also pretty fortunate/privileged.

I think the cost of living varies based on the area and accommodations you're willing to accept. I don't live near Burlington anymore and that helped a lot with affordability.

My wife is a teacher and she too had to work a summer job for while before we met, but hasn't in years. I wish this wasn't the case.

>I think it’s hard for single-income, entry level professionals to get by in VT in general, not just teachers!

you mean in America, this is not a VT only problem.

Less dangerous?

Morse Block Deli!

Just poking fun. I grew up in that area and folks from "Brownsville" always hated being connected to Windsor for some reason.

You mean West Windsor 😉

What was the prompt you used?

I went three years doing this, worked out to the same amount of $$$. Just make sure you have insurance.

The tourist industry is about 10 percent of our gdp and not a livable wage easily found within it. I wish this thought that we depend on tourists would fade away, It's not based on reality or facts and makes our state seem dependent on others

LOL, thank you