I’m a Jersey Shore local (but I come to VT to snowboard for annually for 25 years and come with respect for the land, the locals, and support of small businesses). The last 2 winters in Southern and Central VT, I’ve been saddened, sickened, disgusted to finally realize what already happened to the Jersey Shore year round communities right after Super Storm Sandy in 2012 is happening to these communities in VT. The town I grew up in is not remotely affordable anymore unless you’re a hedge fund manager. Most homes are either second homes only occupied from May to September, or owned by absent owners who live in the Midwest and profit mightily on using the properties as Air BnB money makers. Long time businesses got priced out with rent hikes. The school district enrollment plummeted because middle class families were driven out of town and/or offered 5 times what a house was worth sight unseen (home then demolished and McMansion built is the theme on every block). From what I see with my own eyes this winter, and the stories I hear in VT, it sure reminds me of my home in the last 10 years. Am I wrong? Please let me know if my perception is off.