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Mikkikon t1_j3fbibn wrote

Reply to comment by somedudevt in Where should I start looking to move? by [deleted]

Vermont is still cheaper than CT, MA, and many other places in NE. They're just looking for a better quality of life, not trying to displace anyone. That sucks though.

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somedudevt t1_j3g7jvo wrote

And that’s fine, but why does the better life have to be somewhere other than where they are? It’s a free country so they can do what they want, but EVERY blue voter that leaves a red or purple state makes that state worse. It further erodes the accountability of the leaders there. So they may find a better life here, but at the cost of making things worse where they are coming from.

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Mikkikon t1_j3gug1v wrote

I get that and agree to some extent, but I don’t think politics is the main reason why people are coming (or that red states are all more poorly managed than blue ones, for that matter). People want to live near the mountains and natural beauty and somewhere less crowded, or maybe they’re fleeing natural disasters. Drive up 91 in Vermont and it looks like a ghost town. Drive down to Mass and CT and it’s gridlock. It seems like the state should be able to accommodate a few more people without hurting (maybe even helping) the existing population, unless policy is just really bad.

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somedudevt t1_j3ji2ia wrote

Well if you want to initiate the process of seizing the large tracts of land that are vacant in the state, cutting them, and subdividing them into suburbia, then I guess that’s an idea to fix the problem. I’m more of the mind that Vermont is beautiful BECAUSE it’s not Massachusetts or New York.

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