In Vermont, there are two types of people -- the sissies from New York (Yankees fans, incidentally) who came and legalized gay marriage and ruined an otherwise wonderful state, and the (outnumbered by outsiders) old Vermont Yankees. Vermont Yankees, more so than any other subspecies of Yankees, are ornery people that you really don't want to mess with.
Just a word to the wise.
http://www.engaygedweddings.com/vermont-gay-wedding.html
Her’s a quick summary of societal life in Vermont. A place where Boston Red Sox can enjoy themselves.
When I think “Vermont Yankee” I think of a nuke power plant near Brattleboro.
New Yorkers who came to Vermont:
Gov. Howard “Scream” Dean...who I believe first took office when the Republican Governor (Snelling?) died. One of those states where the Gov and Lt Gov can be of different parties.
Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, hippie ice cream mavens who paid $5 for a correspondence course on how to make it
Sen and former Burlington mayor Bernie Sanders (Commie). I still remember driving through the small town of Pawlet VT and hearing an ad on the radio with Sanders’ distinctive Noo Yawk accent: “Hoy! Oym Boynie Sandizz!”