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[deleted] t1_j9v2lzm wrote

Reply to comment by cpujockey in Kelley Stand is not plowed! No charging stations either! by SVTer

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Elpundit t1_j9vswk3 wrote

I moved here from California when I was 25, the ultimate flatlander according to the local union boys. My 60 yr old work partner was convinced I89 ruined everything. I wore the moniker with pride, rode my CA plate motorcycle into Dec. 35 years later I’m assimilated but still a flatlander.

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cpujockey t1_j9v3bon wrote

typically flatlander vermonters that haven't earned their standing. takes years to become a vermonter.

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BrigAdmJaySantosCAP t1_j9v5843 wrote

I thought it was generations?

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cpujockey t1_j9v675n wrote

nah the rules changed. if you can stomach a few winters - you've earned your spot.

I don't call the refugee community flat landers - they are welcome with open arms. They are good folk and always have my support.

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-sallysomeone- t1_j9vbbgs wrote

This mentality is the VT I grew up in! Its not always where you're from, but how hard you work to grow roots where you are

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cpujockey t1_j9vc8yv wrote

there's other states they can flock to. I am certain the climate here in vt is not what they are used to anyways.. plus floridians have enough property bought up here in VT to start a revolution. good riddance.

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cpujockey t1_j9vgk4r wrote

ha it was just a joke but seriously - there's a lot of floridians (typically elderly and white) that own a summer house up this way and complain about property taxes.

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cpujockey t1_j9vhllw wrote

which is why if I was a smarter, more educated person, I'd draft a 21 point plan to get vermont into manufacturing! but that's a whole other conversation.

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random_vermonter t1_j9vehf3 wrote

You aren’t a Vermonter unless you were born on Vermont soil.

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random_vermonter t1_j9w1172 wrote

Lol. Not sure why I was downvoted. I have generations of ancestors in this state and that’s what I was always told. We call people like Bernie “honorary vermonters.”

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