I’m a Republican. I used to visit Vermont quite frequently, but the last time I was there about 10 years ago, I could not help but sense that it had changed. It really feels like a foreign country now. Haven’t been back since, and don’t plan to be anytime soon.
I was there back in the late 1970s. You could see then what was happening, the poor agricultural locals were being bought out by the trust fund NYer kids. The locals and the NYers did not get along nor share any similar values. It was woodchucks versus pampered suburban tots seeking a real back to the earth experience. Too bad, the fishing was somewhat good. Haven’t been back since, nor do I intend to return. I go to upstate NY every summer to sample yankee socialism. It has totally debilatated upstate - what a basket case.