Vermont is a State of mind; full of nooks and crannies!

Life in a developed area can get old (culture-wise) in a decade or less; so you head up to Montreal. Life in the rural hinter parts is either savoring the peace-n-quiet of pastoral privacy, or letting the quiet slowly make you crazy with solitude and isolation.

Being rural without the benefits of extended network or family contributes to that. A church or two, the school, the general store; that's what ya got for social if not for tail-gate beers at the end of some dirt road leading into the woods; maybe near a swimming hole.

Paradise!