I’m hoping more than that, but you have a point.

He took responsibility for the mistake. I respect him for that.

I feel like few take responsibility.

Other considerations-

1. Whether the town enforces International Building Code and inspects your work.
2. Whether the town enforces International Fire Code - fire safety regulations.
3. Driveway access and regulations.
4. State regs are not handled through the town.

The zoning is the easy part. Complying with building and fire code (IF THEY ENFORCE) is where it gets pricey.

Be ready to learn.

Yelling at town employees will only slow your process.

My sister lived in Randolph and tapped into the same aquifer as Vermont Pure or whatever that was before it got bought out.

Artesian spring water. She showered in it.

That. I want that.

If the prices aren’t scaring you, then keep looking in the target towns. Something will come up. If cost is a factor, look to the one hour commute range from the UV core. Be willing to commute to get the house you want… and be prepared to fix it up.

Koala Notch in New South Wales

They were late gettin shrimp on the barby

I have propane backup. I don’t know how tech is these days, but I personally wouldn’t count on a heat pump alone.

I used to live in a balloon frame house near a former large lumber operation on the CT River. During renovations I found the lathe and plaster guy signed the date in an ‘interior/insulation’ layer, ‘Oct 1888’.

The entire neighborhood had a sort of row house construction - nearly all the houses were the same design and built at the same time.

AAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

Fuckin’ crazy!!

Remember the days of $75/sf?

Except our local hens ain’t layin’!!

Since this is about shitting on VT drivers… if the interstate is empty and I’m merging into the right lane, is it too much trouble to shift over to the left lane?

I live on a hill in the sticks in Vermont at the end of the line for the local distribution network. We lost power for 4 days in the ‘big one’ just before Christmas. First priority when we got the house: backup power.

Think about how we are getting broadband throughout the state and how long that is taking. Consider that process is an absolute cakewalk when we are using existing poles and alignments.

Now think about burying the lines - many will be in existing roadways, many are across private property. Property rights, environmental permits, changing pathways if an existing aerial alignment cannot be followed.

This is a massive effort.

If we talk cost, consider the poles with transformers. A utility company rep told me shifting a transformer from the top of a pole to an underground concrete vault could cost $100k minimum under ideal conditions.

Ahem - plaid lined work pants.

Thank you very much…

Living’ in the edge

I have the set up where they text when power is restored or when it shuts off. There were repeated events during the last storm where GMP announced power restored to my address with the last sentence being, “If your power is still out, reply OUT.” I also go to the GMP app on my phone to report the outage.

I think it is weird that every time I report my outage as ‘still out’ the app resets the duration of the outage to the most recent report. Makes customer service metrics look good?

Landlines are extremely important. I have an adversarial relationship with my cell phone.

On the lighter side, my wife and I were reminiscing about party lines.

Me too. Until recently... I'd always assumed V was the best service around.

I've suspected Verizon has slipped in its coverage, but last on the list? Whew. Gonna shop around.

WRJ>>CONCORD>>BOSTON

VERMONT CLIMATE CHANGE ASSESSMENT - presents data about how things have changed.

https://site.uvm.edu/vtclimateassessment/files/2021/11/VCA-Chapter-1-11-4-21-1.pdf

Purchased new. Purchased a Chevy Bolt - heavy, heavy dealer discounts at the time sweetened the deal. I am happy with the EV. The high speed charger infrastructure is improving. We use it for local trips and commute. Longer (100 mi plus one way) requires route planning to hit the woefully inadequate NNE charging infrastructure.

Used the program. Very easy to navigate. Some dealers process the rebate for you.

[post contains satire with a little truth] Good luck to you. Of course, I would disagree finding a partner is challenging in VT. You youngsters are so picky!!

My wife and me, for example. We were the only two single individuals of the same general age in our small office in a small VT town. We’ve been married more than 20 years, now.

See? Simple. Settling in Vermont has so many different meanings.

Age breakdown for VT towns… start with

https://onthemap.ces.census.gov/

You may find the census tracts don’t match town boundaries or the margin of error on some estimates is more than the population in question. Common problem for small rural communities.

It’s a start. Also, your regional planning commission probably already has all the age/gender/etc. demographic breakdowns for communities.

Aint broke dont fix it?