Vermont is lovely.
White people can and do disagree with each other about political and economic affairs without destroying the places they live.
Yes.
Re: race - It’s the unspoken comment and awkward data point for many.
There’s been 7 homicides (shootings /stabbings) in the city of Rochester, NY in 3 days. Talked to a family member who still lives in that area, and she said there’s more and more of her friends that just avoid the city altogether. Race is very much a part of those homicides. State bail reform a few years ago has had a major impact in the types and amount of crime in that state.
Yup, the drive south on 91 is like viewing Norman Rockwell’s America in many sections.
Vermont is very rural and very white. It also used to be the safest Republican state in the country.
Can someone explain how it became the only state sending an open socialist to the Senate?
That depends on what you mean by destroying. If you mean the scenic beauty, that’s still basically there but less and less as they erect more and more solar and wind farms. As to the economy, good jobs, taxation, cost of energy, poverty and the human cost of drug addiction that goes with it, not so much.