I mean, you can...you might just need to ensure complaints :)

Tell me about this zoning.

Mixed use is a great solution that also preserves the character of town centers.

As opposed to 'at'?

Native Texan here. We never had grid issues here until about 2015. That February storm was freakishly cold for Texas . It just doesn't hit -5 here. Couple that with power plants built to stay cool in 105 degree heat and a state that thinks "regulation" is a four letter word and an influx of migrants from everywhere else's in Country and, yeah, things got sideways.

Still so excited me and.ny wife have accepted jobs in Vermont! Personally, I am done with the heat. I enjoy the cold. Im not to keen on paying for it. I see there are some high performance heat pumps on the market now. I wonder what kind of high efficiency boiler solutions there are.

Sorry to prod just, my wife and are house shopping and trying to gage expectations for bills, renovations and upgrades and what to incorporate into our budget.

$1000 in propane??? What factors led to this?

This is the way.

Yeah. I'm abundantly aware of the housing crisis. I still want to make it work though. Giving it our best shot!

That's really messed up that they would do that

I taught in Austin ISD for 6 years and made around $47K and with my wife working at time Warner, it was tough. We did manage to buy a condo in east Austin and made a good profit, moved to DFW so she could go to school to be an RN but had to move back in w my parents to accomplish that. We are at least in a spot now where we can sell here and take the pay cut to live where we want to be. I guess looking back we were racking up credit card debt to make it work and at $84K I'm now making progress with savings.

$60K to teach is still pretty good for starting pay with a BA and I wouldn't consider NRH or Hurst wealthy suburbs compared to Colleyville or grapevine

Cities and suburbs yes, but it is sustainable in Dallas, Ft. Worth, San Antonio, Houston, Ft. Worth. It's not just wealthy suburbs. So it is sustainable. You're not making that in rural areas, no way.

What about Hartford/White River Junction?

Not OP but I'm in a similar boat though wife is a nurse. Looking at Upper Valley area. Seems doable because we have equity in our current home to capitalize on. I taught yearbook for 6 years and loved it. I coach too. What districts do you recommend I explore/avoid?

What do you consider selling season in Vermont? Usually the spring is selling season in my experience.

I'm a good teacher looking for a job in Vermont. I'm highly qualified but because I'm from out of state a lot of these committees are not even considering me for an interview.

Get your masters ASAP.

Starting pay for a lot of school districts in Texas is 60K now.

I teach in Texas with a BA. Wife and I made the decision to move to Vermont back in 2016 so we could buy a homestead and live a more peaceful quiet life and raise kids. We waited until she got her RN....now I live in the burbs here and made $85K last year. She made $50K. We still want to move to Vt and I'm interviewing but it means I'll earn $30K less a year. Granted, $10K of that is a coaches stipend and $10K is a summer club coaching gig. Even without that I'll make $10K less on my salary.

Engineers down here easily are at $100K/year

Group those into "local economic struggles" and they're similar. Perhaps the thought of similarity between the states offends you? Which comes off as supercilious.

Nothing like driving out to Lockhart Texas at 9am to hit up Blacks beef ribs!