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Corey307 t1_iy3tpwk wrote

Reply to comment by Greenleaf737 in Goodbye Vermont by Greenleaf737

Less than 5000 people moved here during the pandemic if I remember right. I moved here about four years ago well before the pandemic and I’ve tried to integrate. Mostly keep to myself because that’s who I am but I’m friendly, don’t bother anybody and don’t care about what people do on their land. The problems I’ve had in this state were caused by locals doing dumb shit like not leashing aggressive dogs and letting them bother me on my land or riding ATV’s across my land in mud season. I let it go because again trying to integrate.

My favorite might be one I first bought my place and some neighbors came over and were more interested in making sure I wasn’t going to turn it into an Airbnb than knowing my name. Or when another neighbor decided my lawn was getting too high so they scalped it not understanding that I let it grow a bit on purpose. Talk about passive aggressive, I bought a house in the country so I wouldn’t have to worry about HOA type bullshit. Yeah transplants bring their own problems by the locals cause plenty.

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alwaysmilesdeep t1_iy3xmno wrote

Agree with all of this. I was born and raised between nh and vermont.

The transplants yards aren't filled with trash most business in my area are owned by transplants Whenever we do seem to have crime it's a local, not some outsider. We want to say drugs come from other states...sure it's true...but they are be distributed by....locals.

Now I'm not disagreeing with issues with outsiders...atv and snowmobile trails closed for no reason/shutting down huntjng areas...constant bitching about vermont's more traditional ways of life...

I feel like most transplants are cognizant of it and work twice as hard just to be treated as normal.

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Corey307 t1_iy42k5l wrote

It’s funny you talk about yards, my land was a junkyard before I bought it and now it’s a lot better. No derelict vehicles, piles of car parts and all that. I don’t care if my neighbors are on my but if land unless it damages the land or endangers me.

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