Based on experiences with some authentic Korean dishes, I'm reluctant to try some of the dishes that appeal to people who developed a taste for them when they were young. I want to avoid ordering something that I'm unable to eat more than one bite.

Then you're in for a treat. I'm #1 so my recommendations will not meet your needs.

The first question to answer is whether 1)you grew up in America or 2)in Cambodia (or in a first generation Cambodian family). Some dishes taste good to #1. Some dishes taste great to #2 and not to #1.

This is true for practically any ethnic cuisine. If you don't think this is true, I suggest that you try some Marmite on toast and get back to me.

U Mass hockey games.

https://www.reddit.com/r/LowellMA/comments/11gybkw/lowell_litter_krewe_march_cleanups/

I hope they find this fella. I caution anyone who might volunteer to anticipate how they might feel upon finding a dead body, especially if the person's sister is at the scene. Search and Rescue professionals have training for this scenario and they have access to followup counseling and support services to help them process the experience.

There's also a Life Alive in Lowell. I think it was their first location.

Diners in and around Lowell National Historical Park. Arthur's Paradise Diner on Bridge Street even serves traditional mill worker sandwiches.
There's a large variety of more typical 50's style diners for example Four Sisters Owl Diner. One could make a study. They're interesting to see from the outside once you've had enough to eat.

Of course the mills were still operating in the 50's so the park has some worthwhile exhibits. Come on a nice day and walk around, lots of 50's architecture like https://www.google.com/maps/@42.644723,-71.3136828,3a,36.2y,341.93h,95.74t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s2_C5B3_S00wMvQ4izfrKDg!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3D2_C5B3_S00wMvQ4izfrKDg%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D214.984%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192

Yes. About an hour in clear weather.

Your family configuration makes it harder, but on the other hand, it is very hard to rent multiple bedroom houses in the summer (but easy in the winter). The market is not at all competitive May-Oct at the ski resorts. Like other places, there are real estate agents that focus on renting ski resort properties for absentee landlords, so it is fairly easy to survey the market quickly.

Probably because the low wage labor in Vermont was impoverished French Canadians. The KKK was really big in Vermont, but surprise... they put their boots on the necks of white French-speaking Catholics.

That's a long drive to Killington.

There's a really good novel set in NEK about a single black father that comes to town. It's set in the 20th century, but it sounds like things have not changed so much.

https://www.amazon.com/Stranger-Kingdom-Howard-Frank-Mosher/dp/0618240101

There is also a movie based on the novel, but the novel is much better. Howard Frank Mosher novels chronicle Vermont of yesteryear. I read all of them when I first arrived in Vermont as they resonate with the present.

I've no first hand experience. I suggest taking a close look at Rutland. It is a reasonable commute to Killington even in the winter. It has internet. It has some Bipoc. It has some housing.

Due to extreme housing shortage in most of the state, your choices will be extremely limited.

WRT prejudice. It speaks well of the state that a lot of people here honestly admit that prejudice is real, that they hold some, that they make mistakes, and that they are trying to not be prejudiced. This is much better than people who insist that we live in a race and gender blind culture (we have people like that here too). One root of the problem in Vermont is that so many people have so very little interaction with BIPOC. Welcome! Your moving to Vermont may be part of what moves Vermont forward.

Keep in mind that a heat pump can provide both heat in winter and AC in summer.

Compare your total cost of installation and operation to an Air Source heat pump. The compressor of an air source heat pump makes significant noise outside (similar to the compressor of a whole house air conditioner). The compressor of a ground source heat pump makes some noise inside, the pumps also make a bit of noise, and there can be some condensation on the pumps in the summer.

You will need to have a well insulated and tight house. If the house is tight, you will also want heat recovering ventilation.

My guess is that Air Source makes sense for typical single family houses and that Ground Source makes sense for large commercial and government buildings.

I'm a random guy on the internet.

Established patients like you have priority. New patients have to wait until the system has capacity.

Look at Lowell. You can probably live there, walk to work, party there at night and live without a car. Good transit and even commuter rail for occasional trips to Boston. If you have a car, there is nice nature to the North and the ocean is a 50 minute drive. There's quite a bit of 'urban nature' right in the city with extensive walking trails along canals and rivers. Most of the city is quite safe most of the time.