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This sounds more like a publicity stunt than an actual attempt at solving the problem.

Having said that: I've been to Vermont in the Fall, and it. is. stunning.

Having grown up in the Northwest and lived on the West Coast my whole life, I think my expectations of how beautiful the Northeast would be was a bit skewed by media/popular culture.

I really enjoyed my first trip to to Boston/Portland/Acadia, but TBH, the more rural areas felt a lot more like a Disneyland version of nature curated for tourists from the "big city". It didn't live up to the hype, which I think is targeted at people who have lived in the hyper-dense-and-flat Boston/DC/NYC area and nowhere else.

I'm really not trying to dump on the area, it was quite nice, I'm just saying no more so than most rural places I'm used to. Of the whole trip, frankly, Portland was my favorite. It felt "just right" in terms of size and culture.

The Hudson Valley, in NY, is beautiful. If I could live anywhere, that would be where.

Burlington is a lot like Portland it's a bit more dense population wise, but smaller overall.

Fall and Summer are really great! Winter sucks unless you are into skiing.

I have skied in Vermont, don't do that, it's just white ice, any fall can be dangerous.

From the West Coast? Vermont has the best East coast skiing. I’d put it in the bottom quartile of West coast skiing.

It isn’t bad at all, but it will never compete with the Rockies.

> Vermont has the best East coast skiing. I’d put it in the bottom quartile of West coast skiing.

Yep. I learned to snowboard on the east coast and when I came out west, I was amazed at how much "better" I was overnight. I really am better now, but it doesn't hurt to have good snow.

From the French Alps. But it's really a climate issue, the nights are just too cold, everything freezes.

I think you mean the days are too hot. :)

All of the good skiing in the rockies is in areas where it can easily go weeks without it getting above freezing.

Vermont and New Hampshire are great to ski in.

Joke always was if you can ski on the east coast, you can ski anywhere.

Yeah but those ticks.

Maybe a quick trip with a few gallons of permethrin. Live there? With kids?? Nope.

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