Most locals don’t volunteer either. Second homeowners do shop in your stores and eat out when they are in town. Not sure that I agree that they don’t care about the neighbors either. I am a Vermonter, not rich but have done well enough to buy a second in NC.

The second home owners do contribute to the tax base, don’t have kids in your schools or put excessive demands on town services.

I wouldn’t turn my wife in. Just sayin’

I don’t give a shit about up or down votes. Because you do says more about you than me. Blocked fuck you too

You invited me back when it got .cold. It will be below zero tomorrow. Most Vermonters? I think most Vermonters would disagreed with your definition of cold. I’m out. Keep drinking the Kool Aid. ✌️

I guess all the people walking around in heavy jackets, hats and gloves missed the memo. I wear a hooded sweatshirt most of the time because I am in and out of my truck. So I am acclimated. Most people are cold in the 30’s and below.

I guess you’re probably wearing shorts today and tomorrow as well as next week. Don’t forget the sunscreen

VT is high water mark. If you can access the water way on public/state land then you can fish. Private land ends at the high Water mark

You are the idiot. Bernie never held a real job until he got elected to Mayor of Burlington. He even got kicked out of a commune for being to lazy.

We are barely into February. It’s weather. It doesn’t work on a definitive time line. End of January beginning of February are essentially the same thing. The cold will return

It’s called February thaw. It’s common. Don’t worry the cold will return

He used to target millionaires and billionaires. Now that he is a millionaire he targets billionaires and trillionairs. He doesn’t have integrity. He figured out how to make money in the system. He is a true socialist.

The rate of attrition ion the trades is 5 people leave/retire and 2 are replacing them. Labor cost will continue to rise

Framing materials are back to pre-pandemic levels. All other sub-trades continue to see price increases. Labor cost is higher due to demand and lack of new (young) labor coming into the trades. Couple that with high development costs in Vermont along with an energy code that continues to drive up costs. There is no affordability for new homes. Without permit reform and a streamlined process the cost of building won’t come down.

I am with you on this one but it’s been gone for 20 years

I wouldn’t be so quick to discount a contractor that has availability unless they say they can start right away. Everyone is booked for two years until they are not. If a job is in the schedule and the plug gets pulled in the 11th hour, then builders have to realign their schedule and may need to keep guys working so they don’t lose them. We are on the cusp of a recession so some schedules will open up. I don’t believe we are going to see 2007-08 again because of the lack of skilled labor but a job is not a job until it starts. Booked for two years could become 6 months if people start backing out of agreements due to economic uncertainty.

Right but institutional slavery is more problematic

I got one too. Went straight into the recycling bin.

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