Posted on 10/04/2007 4:29:01 AM PDT by Kaslin
I went to school there back in the early 60’s and I remember VT being much as you stated. Once the hippies realized just how sparsely the state was populated, the handwriting was on the wall.
That said, the town is as leftist as they come. The galleries and bookstores are basically run by left-wing homosexuals. A special word of caution. The police department there is corrupt. They target out-of-state plates and run speed-traps right in the downtown area. They once follwed us ten miles out of town to a restaurant, then waited in the parking lot until we left and followed us back. When I pulled over and stopped he passed me, went ahead and set up a speed trap a mile ahead. I coasted by at 5 under the limit. The manager at the Inn warns people but they still get you! Watch out for the crooked cops!
Unfortunately Vermont’s exhippies and NY/MA liberal transplants have moved there in large enough numbers over the last 40 years that they exceed the number of oldtime conservative Yankees.
The owners of the family farm are now outnumbered by the Ben & Jerrys liberals. The “northeast kingdom” is still extremely rural and unpopulated except by cows. Most of the liberals live in Burlington(college town) and the southern part of the state.
We are seeing the same thing happen in NH where we are just beginning to get outvoted by MA transplants.
He misspelled Precious Willard, otherwise this is bull$hit.
Vermont is probably about as liberal as Massachusetts with the added disadvantage as they don’t get out as much and lack the social interaction and camaraderie Boston’s Irish pubs and eateries.
Interesting history lesson. I actually lived there for 5 years and I highly doubt the highest gun ownership per capita. The native Vermonters (dairy farmers and the such) are good people and this may be true among them. The trust fund baby hippies have squeezed out the natives, and it certainly isn’t true with for them. It doesn’t take many people, because the population of the entire state was around 700k last time I checked (several years back). It is a beautiful state and people are very friendly. Nice place to visit!
It is good that he has not delivered our federal dollars to vermont. I highly doubt VT has a tax base enough to warrant a return of many dollars.
Vermont and New Hampshire could potentially be conservative again some day since the liberals aren’t having any children and the conservatives there are having children. That is, if inmigration slows, which I believe it has.
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