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tadamhicks t1_jc75brz wrote
Reply to Chinese Soup Dumplings by Oakley7677
We’re big fans of Xiao Long Bao. There are a few places in Portland, ME we frequent:
- Sichuan Kitchen
- Empire Kitchen
Both are on Congress, walking distance to each other. Sichuan has some amazing, authentic Sichuan food as well (hot).
tadamhicks t1_jc2yc8l wrote
Reply to comment by aristomephisto in Final Snow Map & Messaging For Tuesday's Nor'Easter by TheCloudBoy
Yeah I’ve noticed that the other side hasn’t had much, but this side has been rowdy. Skiing at valley areas was pretty dang good for a bit. Looks like we’re in the 8-12 range for tomorrow, too.
tadamhicks t1_jc2wsns wrote
Reply to comment by aristomephisto in Final Snow Map & Messaging For Tuesday's Nor'Easter by TheCloudBoy
Not the whites proper, but just south of Conway and we’ve been hammered.
The Whites seem like they’ve done great in the last few storms.
tadamhicks t1_jar9qho wrote
Reply to comment by No_Struggle_1538 in Moving to NH by No_Struggle_1538
We don’t even have ag zoned property. We bought an old farmstead with a barn an acreage. Previous owners had kept horses so there is great fencing. We might do horses one day, but like I said it’s just a hobby for us. We have kids and I’ve a full time, corporate job.
tadamhicks t1_jar7dv6 wrote
Reply to Moving to NH by No_Struggle_1538
I’m up in the MWV area and I’ve seen a few people nearby come and do the same thing. Tamworth area seems moderately popular for a few of these folks. Check out Zero Mile Farm…I bet they’d be glad to share some insight with you.
Property taxes folks say are high, but they are localized…meaning that each township will decide what to set them at for you, individually, based on your property. Property with a view, for example, is taxed higher. Ag may be lower. Some townships are lower across the board.
We don’t produce for income, just hobby for fun, but I will add that the soil here needs more amending than it might in Vermont from what I’ve read. If you’re planning on livestock that’ll get you there, though.
We sold our wethers to a big farm up North of Littleton. I think there’s a great ag community over there, too. I can’t say anything about the more Southerly parts of the state.
tadamhicks t1_ja36ctz wrote
Reply to Copper Door - Bedford. Swingers? by [deleted]
Used to live in Douglas County, Colorado. There it was a white rock on your porch.
tadamhicks t1_j9ykci6 wrote
Reply to Skiing by ProfessionalOil1888
Cranmore or Black. Black probably the least of all crowded, Cranmore second. Bretton Woods can be good, too, as it’s just far enough that people either make a destination of it or opt for Attitash/Wildcat. Cannon might be worth the drive as well.
Keep in mind Attitash and Wildcat are part of Vail, so loads of people buy into the Epic pass and they get crowded, especially on this spring break overlap. Loon has a similar problem as it is part of Ikon. What you want are the smaller, independent areas.
If you’re willing to drive then Sunday River could be a great bet as well.
tadamhicks t1_j9qolzg wrote
Reply to comment by sleepfordayz679 in Looks like Stowe is now in the Rocky Mountains! Spotted this flyover clip in the show Resident Alien (S2E5 @ 13:30) by WannabeWonk
You people have obviously never tried to drive I-70 from Denver on a pow day
tadamhicks t1_j96ma0x wrote
Reply to North Conway ideas by Mindless-Spend-2972
Max’s at Snow Village Inn and Thompson House Eatery.
tadamhicks t1_j6vq6h2 wrote
Reply to comment by Glaucon123 in Best places to work remote in NH? by Glaucon123
Am a consultant as well and I live where I want to live. Key things to keep in mind if you are a consultant are internet and airport access. My biggest heartburn is that I’m an hour from PWM (Manch is 2).
Data science if you can stay remote then the travel bit probably matters much less, unless you work for Jackson or IDEXX or the like and they make you move near.
So, the question really is, where do you want to live?
tadamhicks t1_j24qz08 wrote
Reply to comment by Eagle_Arm in UVM too expensive by Constant_Education_4
I’d argue that they’re billionaires because they’re smart and educated. I’d also argue it’s much easier to obtain education when it’s your job to do so than a hobby in your spare time.
tadamhicks t1_j24d0ev wrote
Reply to comment by Eagle_Arm in UVM too expensive by Constant_Education_4
It’s not a direct correlation from college to middle management consulting jobs. I’m illustrating a point and there are a whole lot more of these jobs than you think.
There are also folks like my old boss with the PhD who started a moving company so he could kayak when the rivers were up. Or like the carpenter and ski patroller friend I know in Summit County.
You’re semi-wrong about the asking and getting. They’re not accepting my offers, lower than what they’re asking…and they’re ending up employed. The delta isn’t so great, either, to assume they’re not making stupid amounts of money for early-mid 20 year olds that can live anywhere they want.
tadamhicks t1_j24aoq1 wrote
Reply to comment by Eagle_Arm in UVM too expensive by Constant_Education_4
Sure, but middle management in large consulting firms also make $500k-$1m. Individual contributors can easily make over $300K and more. Software engineers I interview are asking for $200-300 out of college.
I think college gives you a path to that much easier than that outside of college. The other thing they’ve researched is life outcomes from people of education. Just like thinking isn’t only achieved in college, education can be had outside of college, but how many people pursue education on their own? I applaud those that do, and similarly having it rammed down your throat in college also doesn’t mean you’ll absorb it. At the end of the day, though, educated people make better decisions for themselves about life and have better life outcomes.
tadamhicks t1_j245qbe wrote
Reply to comment by cpujockey in UVM too expensive by Constant_Education_4
I’m all for finding the fit. I love the freedom we have in our culture but it also means that we’re free to run the wrong direction quite easily. As parents we can make it worse by telling our kids to pursue their dreams, even when they’re shit at it.
It’s super hard to find out what we’re good at and then hard work to invest in honing that talent. Many people never figure that out about themselves.
As for exploration, agree wholeheartedly. As someone who did go to college, one of the aspects I valued more than any other was the emphasis on exactly that: exploration. The first two years are all about broadening the individual’s understanding of different areas and giving them a broad base, at least in major universities. They want you to know how to write and communicate clearly, but also to understand how science is performed, and to be able to understand symbolic logic (maths). Then you get to learn about political theory and world cultures, all before pursuing your major. It’s pretty cool. And yes, expensive.
tadamhicks t1_j244m2e wrote
Reply to comment by whaletacochamp in UVM too expensive by Constant_Education_4
Good trades people is what you’re talking about. Know how many shit ones live in my town? Of course they’re the only ones with free space in their books, too. All the tools, none of the brains.
And yeah, the best plumbers and electricians in town are friggin’ wizards.
tadamhicks t1_j2447ky wrote
Reply to comment by whaletacochamp in UVM too expensive by Constant_Education_4
Nah man, the point I was 100% intending to make was that you don’t get rich by being a trades person, you get rich by being smart. I never implied college is the only way to get smart. But I did say it’s a much easier path to get smart than trying to do it when you’re tired from working all day at your trade, at least when you’re not already a bright bulb.
tadamhicks t1_j242gcm wrote
Reply to comment by cpujockey in UVM too expensive by Constant_Education_4
Agree, nothing at all wrong with it. I’m just trying to point out that there’s a spectrum out there. One of my most successful trades oriented friends went this route and ended up going back to college to study accounting and finance anyway, because they needed to know that stuff to scale their landscaping business well.
The thread is about how college is a waste and while I get that perspective, I think it’s misrepresented. I might be sensitive as I have a kid about to go on this journey…
What I think IS wasteful is college with no purpose. It’s an incredible opportunity, and many kids benefit from not pursuing it right out of high school because the endeavor is lost on them…or going slower through it. It’s unfortunate that it has become so expensive, though.
tadamhicks t1_j240qbl wrote
Reply to comment by cpujockey in UVM too expensive by Constant_Education_4
Yeah but whether you bill by hour or project there’s still only so much time in the day. To break the bubble you have to figure out how to scale, like by starting a company and hiring. And at that point you’re not a trades person anymore, you’re an entrepreneur.
tadamhicks t1_j23w3px wrote
Reply to comment by whaletacochamp in UVM too expensive by Constant_Education_4
Since I didn’t say it and you felt I insinuated it then you’re displaying an inability to think critically. If you had read on I said nothing is stopping anyone from learning to think critically.
BTW there’s a difference between needing to and being able to. Plenty of my trades-person friends are the smartest people I know, and boy howdy do I have some dumb friends that made it through college. College is not insurance to greatness by any means. Heck one of the happiest people I know is a guy who has a PhD in biology and started a moving company. He’s fit as hell because he just hauls stuff all day. He’s his own boss so he can take off days whenever he wants. But I will also add that the reason he makes that work for him is the same reason he was capable of achieving a PhD…and just like college cam seem like a scam I think there’s an illusion that everyone skipping it can jump into a 6 figure trade, which also isn’t true.
tadamhicks t1_j23v13b wrote
Reply to comment by whaletacochamp in UVM too expensive by Constant_Education_4
Right and wrong. I mean, yeah there’s tons of need for tradespeople and a lot of them make really good dough, but they cap out whereas people who know how to think critically end up having much higher total life earnings. They’ve done tons of studies on this.
The catch is that not everyone who goes to college actually learns how to think, and a lot come out no better off for having gone. Similarly, it’s not as though someone who doesn’t go can’t also achieve education. College is just the more straightforward path to ensuring it as a possibility.
The parallel is the tech industry. Lots of coders who just do boot camps and learn coding when young. They jump in and make 6 figures fast, but they cap out. Meanwhile college degree holders in subjects like anthropology or marketing join the same companies and work through the ranks, start off way lower but end up in leadership later in life making more like seven figures as they settle into the C-suite.
tadamhicks t1_j1ici2i wrote
Reply to Post-storm checkin by FTheOldWest
Eaton just got power back an hour ago or less.
tadamhicks t1_ixt8nov wrote
Max’s Pub in Eaton and Thompson House Eatery are the two best things here. If you like beer Ebenezer’s in Lovell, ME is a close drive.
tadamhicks t1_ix35ozh wrote
Reply to comment by Uledragon456k in New map ranks all 50 states by the most snow they received in 24 hours. Maine's record is 35 inches which was confirmed in Middle Dam on November 23, 1943 by completeembarassment
You couldn’t include the entire state of Colorado then.
tadamhicks t1_jd2redt wrote
Reply to comment by VinsonChe90 in French towns in the Northeast? by wojtekthesoldierbear
The only person I ran into in Quebec City that didn’t speak English was a very nice person at Subway. They did their best in broken English and I did my best in broken French and we had a giggle. Everyone else was super nice and spoke great English.