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Twombls t1_ivwgxsg wrote

What is up with the NEK hate in this sub latley. Its like the everyone in this sub wants to blame all of the problems that are prevalent throughout the entire state on one faraway region.

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PandorasCrusade t1_ivwi0kr wrote

It’s easy to blame people that don’t have enough internet bandwidth to launch a DDOS attack against them.

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AZ_Rather_Unique t1_ivwm4w3 wrote

Standing in the corner of my house with Rogers service to read this right now.

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Intelligent-Hunt7557 t1_ivx07oz wrote

shrugs undesirable VT places to live have:

  1. Trump Truck Parades
  2. business that don’t mask and sue for the ‘right’ not to, repeatedly, nonsensically
  3. dumb as dogshit ‘anti-CRT’ fans including elected officials like white prider Brian Smith (R-Derby)
  4. schools/boards that didn’t mask well

I love the NEK, went to high school there, et al. Here’s the naysayer truth tho- easier to dump on some region they don’t know well rather than to clean up redneck shit in their area. Most people picking on Rutland for their mascot shit aren’t picking on SoBur for same level of racist fandom (tho different outcome/leadership obv). Shitty people are al over but in less populated areas there is less to cover so shitty people and institutions loom larger. NEK has a lot of things going for it and, as many Vermonters do, not-so-secretly hope people don’t learn the secret and move there.

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vtmtct t1_ivwiuvx wrote

Yup tribalism is ruining our country. You can break down populations into smaller and smaller tribes. Just a childish way to place blame on others and a form of identity politics. It doesn’t always have to be us vs them 🙄

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valhallagypsy t1_ivwqwtz wrote

The NEK is awesome. I lived in Newport briefly and it was fantastic. And the skiing is great!

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