Banning air bnb and building is a start but I still don't see how any new housing isn't snapped up by the next person moving here from Jersey with more money than the locals.

Down voting the Deliverance-level writing ability, not the contention that maple syrup is overpriced.

How many more years until they're no longer ski towns due to climate? 20? 30?

$560 for a ranch is close to the going rate in Chittenden County.

If it costs more to live in a place and wages don't reflect the higher cost, you end up with a gated community for rich people who either work from home or spend their parents money or both. That is what VT is turning into and it's gross.

I bet when wages are factored in MA is more affordable. Obviously no wages if you're retired but VT is MA costs with MS wages.

They have a higher vacancy rate, meaning more available housing, and it's more affordable than here if you consider wages.

California is one of the only blue states that is warm year round, that's why it has so many homeless.

We are definitely New Jersey's nursing home.

They made some policy choices that made NJ one of the costliest states to live in. Now VT is one of the most expensive states to live in. Maybe there's a connection.

Yeah, there is no fixing this. VT's future is as an exclusively wealthy place and this is obvious to anyone willing to see it. Housing prices have absolutely no relation to wages here.

Ha! Thanks. That's cool. You get past a certain age and a lot of people are looking For you to raise some redneck's kids. I think for most people looking For a social life, leaving is the best bet.

VT either builds until it's not VT anymore or stays exclusively wealthy. Both options suck. The new VT also sucks.

Well, if half of NJ Moves here and brings their politics with them, then it makes sense that VT might start to resemble NJ.

The problem is vermont doesn't build near enough housing. We have the largest average lot size in America. Condos in Chittenden County now cost $400,000.

There's no fixing this.

Don't hop too far.

No, they have an unlimited bank account courtesy of mom and dad.

LOL. Is that why we're turning into New Jersey so quickly?

seriously. Drive around student housing at UVM and its BMWs with New Jersey plates. If any VT tax money is going to a school that is Functionally a state university of NJ and MA, VT should take those kid's parents for all they're worth.

Young people are leaving blc the pay here is a joke and a condo in williston now costs $400k. They'd be stupid to stay, VT's future is pretty bleak.

That is the future of the state. "Vermont" is gone, it's a resort for the wealthy now.

The work from home crowd is moving here in droves. vermonters need housing.

The future of VT ski towns will probably like the future of VT. Continuing to get older and wealthier.

"Lack of housing" doesn't quite get the point across. The whole state is rapidly turning into a gated community.

I can't imagine anywhere in the mid West is as unaffordable as Burlington/Vermont.

It's VT in 2023 so of course "I need to get to work" isn't on the list.