alwaysmilesdeep t1_iy3wcd0 wrote on November 28, 2022 at 3:46 PM

Reply to comment by Greenleaf737 in Goodbye Vermont by Greenleaf737

https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2022-08-24/long-known-for-its-dwindling-population-vermont-sees-a-recent-uptick-in-new-residents?_amp=true

5000 people across the state isn't a big deal.

cpujockey t1_iy40slc wrote on November 28, 2022 at 4:17 PM

it is when you think about how many people actually live here. it's not small potatoes. there are plenty of towns where "everyone knows eachother" and those towns are the most effected by the great flatlander migration.

gmgvt t1_iy5r7bo wrote on November 28, 2022 at 11:15 PM

There was an earlier (and absolutely larger) "great flatlander migration" in the 1960s-80s and somehow we all survived it. People moving here isn't the problem. Bad financial incentives and policy around home building are the problems.