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indig0sun t1_ivbnqgc wrote

Reply to comment by Oeslian in Re: Vermonters' reputed attitude toward out-of-staters by newsandseriousstuff

I’m a NY native who moved to VT for work, and i find this is a common sentiment in NY as well. I grew up in the Hudson valley, and once the pandemic hit people came from the city in DROVES. they snatched all the local real estate and turned it all into air bnbs, and turned beloved eateries into over priced and out of place cash grabs. I understand the anger vermonters feel too well.

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bean2124 t1_ivbvrme wrote

This happened in CT also. Locals are being out bid by mostly people from the city and hedge funders. Driving up the cost of housing. I know when I retire, I won't be able to afford anything in the town I grew up in and lived my whole life. It used to be a small fishing town when I was growing up. (I live in SE Ct. on the shore) Now it is high priced rents and high-priced houses for sale. Not that small town New England feel any more.

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indig0sun t1_ivc6v9z wrote

I’m in the same boat! I love where i grew up and would love to move back, but it’s just too expensive. Some folks i went to school with lost their house because their landlord turned their apartment into an air bnb…It’s vile what they get away with

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b4ngl4d3sh t1_ivcss00 wrote

Northeast NJ as well. Remote workers got tired of paying Manhattan rents and moved across the river. Rent was already out of control before that point.

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BookieLukie t1_ivcpf3o wrote

Hudson Valley native in Vermont as well. Yeah, they're not called "Mass-holes" for nothing.

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