Bennington isn't one of them. One of my Revolutionary War ancestors holds a place of honor on the grounds of the Bennington Battle Monument. It figures something would come along to tarnish the memories of those heroes.
Bennington is pretty small town stuff. Five miles outside the pretty Vermont postcard town (or outside ANY Vermont town) is Appalachia. Some areas are worse than the slums in any urban center.
It is really sad. The Dairy business is dying. The is little manufacturing. The regulations make it difficult to do ANYTHING to make things better.
It’s pretty as a postcard. I wouldn’t live there or raise my kids in most any part.