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KITTYONFYRE t1_j414d6s wrote

Reply to comment by sorryidontdoreddit in Rutland school board settles on ‘Rutland’ as the name for school sports teams - VTDigger by Loudergood

have you been to Vermont before? Rutland isn't some shining beacon of degeneracy. it's pretty par for the course. basically every town in the state gets dunked on for having the exact same rural small town problems.

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Necessary_Cat_4801 t1_j4glgya wrote

Uh... Rutland has a reputation for a reason.

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KITTYONFYRE t1_j4gnn8v wrote

no, it doesn't. it has a reputation for how it was 30 years ago, maybe. how often do you go to rutland and actually participate in the town?

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sorryidontdoreddit t1_j41ejyk wrote

Have you? Because I lived in Rutland for 5 years and this mascot epitomizes the sights in my neighborhood morning, noon and night. Unless, of course, we want to add a Rutland County Sheriff chasing down said disheveled addict.

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KITTYONFYRE t1_j41qb4h wrote

Cool, I've lived in Rutland for 24 years and still do. Maybe you lived in one of the bad neighborhoods, and I sympathize with you on that. Every city in Vermont has bad areas. Pretending Rutland is some extra shithole is ridiculous though.

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zonitronic t1_j41md1y wrote

And you probably moved here 5 years ago to get state benefits...

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sorryidontdoreddit t1_j41q5dk wrote

Haha no I wish! Haven’t lived in Vermont for a few years now. Miss it dearly tho. Plus it sounds like I’m missing the golden age of rutvegas!

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zonitronic t1_j41sopx wrote

"Golden Age" is probably a stretch, but a lot of good folks have been trying awfully hard lately. We finally started to get a handle on the opioid problems in the last few years, only to have the state start placing all of their homeless in our vacant hotels, effectively destroying a lot of the progress we made. The state houses all these poor folks with us, but doesn't provide any support systems what-so-ever, so all of their financial burdens beyond housing are put upon our city...most of the crimes being committed in Rutland are by people not originally from here.

My apologies for taking a swipe at you; I should not have assumed. I am sick of folks trashing on Rutland for things that have been beyond our control, and it got the best of me.

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VThillbilly t1_j41bh9g wrote

Rutland is pretty much a shit show has been for awhile and it's getting worse

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KITTYONFYRE t1_j41dhb1 wrote

rutland is hella nicer than it was a decade or two ago. rutland is getting much nicer overall. yes, every town has ugly areas, and those are definitely still ugly. no, it is not getting worse overall, not even close.

the sky is not falling.

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