Posted on 08/30/2019 6:59:43 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
My parents are from VT. I went to college there. I lived there for a couple of years as an adult. All of these times from the 60’s to 2015.
Vermont is easily the least racist place I ever lived. And there are more and more non-whites living there—in the country and in the cities (the cities are small—but still.)
The issue is one of friendliness. In the rural communities the people are friendly enough, but not outwardly. If they don’t know you, they do not expend a lot of energy on you. If they know you and like you, you will get a nod and a word. If they know you and don’t like you...you get a nod.
That applies to everyone. And if you approach them—they can be like cats. Sometimes run away. Sometimes they will just walk away.
One is upside down, we’re the other one.
RE: Unless your family is seven generations in the ground here, you’re not a “Vermonter”.
Make me want to ask — Is Bernie Sanders a Vermonter by that criteria?
I’ve lived in both.
The difference is startling when dealing with people in “real” Vermont and “real” NH (NOT southern NH, which is just Boston/Lowell North.)
Vermonters ignore you. NH people will growl at you.
Bernie is from New York City.
Do not ever compare Maple Syrup to Butterworth or AJ.
Them’s fighting words in Vermont.
RE: Vermont or New Hampshire. It is hard to tell which is which.
Vermont State Motto: “Freedom and Unity”
New Hampshire State Motto: “Live Free or Die”
Bernie is a NY Jew.
Just like most everyone else buying big houses in Burlington/Stowe/Manchester.
You have to get out of the resort/outlet store areas to understand real vermonters.
My relatives came in from Canada in the 1830s. Not sure if its seven generations, but. I was related to just about everyone in Orleans/Orange County.
Bernie is NYC scum and always will be. Flatlander.
Having been a resident of both, I completely disagree.
NH is/has turned into a lib state but no where close to where Vt is. Go to a town in Vermont then NH, go shopping or out to eat. You will feel the difference.
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