One big difference between New Jersey and Vermont. New Jersey is across a river from the most dominant economic city in America, perhaps the world. Vermont is across a lake from the Adirondacks.

How many people do you think want to move to a place with very few good, well-paying, career-worthy jobs? Where winter is 6-7 months of the year? Unless you think there will be a mad rush to get at those crappy seasonal service jobs, I wouldn't freak out too much about it.

Rich people FROM New Jersey, NY, Mass, Conn. buying up houses to use as second homes in Vermont. Now that is something to freak out a little about.