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Unique-Public-8594 t1_j6v8iem wrote

Depends.

Price range? Where are you from? Have you visited? What is important to you? What were thinking as far as employment? Where’s family?

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Corey307 t1_j6v9iv3 wrote

It’s never a good sign when you have to coax all of that information out of someone.

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Unique-Public-8594 t1_j6ws70h wrote

🤣

Well said, Corey. You nailed it.

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Corey307 t1_j6yasbk wrote

I’m going to sound like an old man but I’ve noticed that the younger generations don’t know how to ask questions, makes me wonder if it’s not being taught in school or by their parents. I routinely have to coax information out of people because they’ll ask about a third of a question and do not understand why the details are important. Seems like a combination of assuming people know what’s going on in their head and either not knowing how to formulate a question or being too lazy to do so.

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psychicfrequency OP t1_j6vailz wrote

I'm originally from Portland, Oregon. I live in LA and I work remote. I've lived in New York and New Jersey before, etc. I want to spend around $300k max.

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hotseltzer t1_j6wozyw wrote

The last thing Vermont needs is more people moving here with their remote jobs. Everywhere is understaffed, yet folks moving here will undoubtedly utilize resources, further impacting the staffing shortages.

I recently heard from my local Post Office that there are 3 open jobs for every 1 Vermonter. I can't find anything online that supports that stat, but I did find a Burlington Free Press article from March 2022 that states, "Vermont had 46,411 job postings per 100,000 people, the highest rate in the nation." Based on my experiences at work and in the community, I feel pretty confident numbers have not improved since then.

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Corey307 t1_j6ybtr9 wrote

The state does need people to move here but it needs people to move here and work here. It’s going to be a problem a few years from now we’re all of these people who moved here as coronavirus refugees or full remote jobs decide to leave because they can’t get their kids in daycare, restaurants are barely open, they aren’t getting their mail etc, can’t find anybody to work on their house. He won’t realize that they created the problem by taking up housing without filling a useful position.

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escobert t1_j6wpilm wrote

It wouldn't surprise me. I get laid off for a few months in the winter for my job and usually doing the required job search is just apply and forget. Not this year, everyone is requesting interviews. Kind of a pain for me as I have no intention of leaving my good paying job and no one in their right mind is going to hire me for a couple months.

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HappilyhiketheHump t1_j6wwt10 wrote

Every grocery store in the state will hire you for a month or two.

Work is good for the soul.

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escobert t1_j6wwz3r wrote

Sorry but I'm not driving 35 minutes to work at a grocery store for 2 months when I can get more sitting on my ass at home.

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EDIT: lol go ahead and downvote, excuse me for wanting more money to ya know pay my bills and feed my kids then a grocery store would provide. I make way more than minimum wage, am certified and my employer pays into unemployment along with actively wanting us to go on unemployment so he doesn't have to hire, certify and train a new crew of people every year.

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HappilyhiketheHump t1_j6x3vpe wrote

Don’t blame you for taking the freebies.
Just pointing out that short term jobs are open if someone wants one.

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escobert t1_j6x461p wrote

Oh there's tons of jobs open, many aren't even short term. I just absolutely love my job (organic tick and mosquito control) it pays well and I get to be alone and outside all day. I'd love to find something I could do while snows on the ground yearly but not in a great spot to work at a ski resort or something along those lines.

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NowIAmThatGuy t1_j73ply2 wrote

Remote workers living in Vermont pay taxes. So I think they’ve earned the right to use resources.

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Dadfart802 t1_j6vi37c wrote

Don't listen to the people on here, most of which don't own houses. You can live in Rutland County, Bennington County (not Manchester) or the Northeast Kingdom for your price range. Rutland and Bennington will remind you of Portland. The parts where lots of people do heroin and near great skiing. I kid, but you're not going to find anything in Addison or Chittenden Counties for 300k.

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Corey307 t1_j6viid1 wrote

Sure you can get a house in those areas but they’re gonna be awful far from things they want.

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goldenlight18 t1_j6xefra wrote

Barre City - not Barre Town or Berlin would be in that price range. Similar with Northfield, Plainfield or Williamstown but those are a little bit farther out with not as many amenities.

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Dadfart802 t1_j6y4ifl wrote

I didn’t include Barre because OP was looking for livable places. JK

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WetAndStickyBandits t1_j6xiu7o wrote

We bought our house 7 years ago in Washington County for 175k. Zillow says it’s now valued around 270k not including all of the improvements we’ve done. The market truly is remarkable.

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