I moved to SE Vermont in 2020 after spending a little over a year looking for a place.

All I'm going to say about housing is this: Things are tough all over, not just in Vermont. Housing is expensive across the U.S. Decent rentals are hard to find for anyone making less than 6 figures. And forget about buying property within commuting distance of any major city, unless your household income is above a quarter million.

I chose Vermont because I like its beauty, its history, and even the people. Communities here are actually communities, not just places where people come home to sleep & then commute to the city the next morning. I moved in at the beginning of lockdown and my neighbors left & right of me introduced themselves over the fence, asked if we needed anything, even brought over groceries while we were quarantined the first couple of weeks.

Now that everything has opened up again, there's always something going on: art shows, music, plays, community clean-ups. Everything is on a smaller scale compared to Boston, but the adjustment wasn't too painful.

Vermont needs (more) people with energy and ideas and a desire to help their community. You would be welcome!