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05-15-2017, 07:13 AM #4026Banned
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Also of note is the local farming scene. Between Dog River, Callahan's, Kenyons, Rodger's and others we have local veggies, lamb, pork, beef, bacon, rabbit, chickens, raw milk, yogurt, stone ground wheat. The Dog River Valley is a great little secret. Not unique for Vt but several awards were given to local producers at the Tunbridge Fair this year. If you want to live locally, eat locally, spend your money locally we kind of have it all. Riding to Barre would be fun, but there is a small Mtn in the way....but there is single track.
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05-15-2017, 09:21 AM #4027Registered User
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Just from looking at houses online, Northfield has some beautiful homes and is an great spot to access biking, skiing, etc. DaveVT - thanks for the details - we're going to look at Northfield closer now.
Lots of great info from the collective - I appreciate it. The house buying process is daunting but we're starting to get a grasp on where we're going to settle down. Next I'll be extra douchey and ask about group rides in the area so I can figure out where to ride.
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05-15-2017, 11:15 AM #4028
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05-15-2017, 11:18 AM #4029
had a pretty good weekend
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05-15-2017, 11:35 AM #4030Registered User
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05-15-2017, 11:59 AM #4031Registered User
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05-15-2017, 12:36 PM #4032
^That is a sweet shot! That caribou thinks it's the best skier on the mountain.
Aim for the chopping block. If you aim for the wood, you will have nothing. Aim past the wood, aim through the wood.
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05-15-2017, 12:58 PM #4033
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Nice!The sad truth is that whine does not age well
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05-15-2017, 05:47 PM #4034
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05-15-2017, 07:37 PM #4035
Montpellier is a great town and U-32 and MHS are 2 of the best schools in the state. FWIW.
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05-15-2017, 08:41 PM #4036
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05-16-2017, 06:08 AM #4037Registered User
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Just to be clear, I was not shitting on Northfield, just mentioning that it's school system has had some serious issues in the past 25-30 years.
IMO, if you want to live in a town, Northfield probably wins when considering houseing costs and taxes. Montpelier is great but housing costs are through the roof. If you want space to roam, E. Montpelier and Berlin are likely the cheapest. Ultimately, with your moving timeframe it may make sense to rent in the area and give yourself time to find a house that fits your needs.
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05-16-2017, 06:29 AM #4038
This. The market is very slow up here, coming from Metro Boston it was really disorienting to see so many desirable properties on the market for months even years. It's a combination of slow sales, a glut of second homes on the market and a surprising number of unmotivated sellers. I think it would benefit you to be up here for a time and get a sense of multiple towns and their respective markets over time. Again, coming from Boston and it's insane real estate market you are sort of in the catbird seat up here and if you can afford to take your time (again, rent for a bit and feel things out) you WILL find what you want, where you want and for a reasonable price.
One caveat- if you're judging RE values based on school system (a generally smart strategy if you're going for max value)- stick to towns with their own high school or study carefully the results of Act 46 votes (consolidation and redistricting legislation) in any single town, things are very much in flux right now.
Feel free to drop a line for more specifics. My wife and I did the same thing 3 years ago (Metro Boston-->VT, finally), I teach and we spent 1+ years scouting real estate. We're in the UV, so things are a bit different than what you'll find in central VT, but not that different. Good luck, life is good up here, you've made a wise choice .
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05-16-2017, 06:29 AM #4039Banned
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This is a smart call. Your daily experience in Vt can be very different. You can choose from Resort Town tourist trap land. Hyper-progressive neo-hippy/hipster-political activist Mont-peculiar. Or good old red neck, fishing, hunting, out-doorsy Vermont type towns. Or you can live out in East Granville where there is no town at all.
There's an old joke that goes....."Welcome to (insert resort town, or Montpelier). Vermont can be found 10 miles in any direction."
It's true.
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05-16-2017, 07:02 AM #4040
33" at the top of Mt. W.
Robrox - when was the last time the auto road wasn't open for Memorial Day??? (not saying they won't get it open this year, I'm just curious).
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05-16-2017, 07:09 AM #4041Registered User
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05-16-2017, 07:12 AM #4042powder poacher
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05-16-2017, 07:35 AM #4043Registered User
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I'm also a teacher so that basically makes both our moves damn near identical. The insane housing market is the main reason we're ditching Boston. Buying a house in Boston means being house poor, living in a crammed suburb in small house with no yard. We're all set with that. You're 100% right about Vermont real estate - so many big, gorgeous properties that have been sitting on the market for weeks and months. It's very overwhelming.
We're fairly familiar with that area of VT just from skiing the Bush and Stowe but you learn a lot once you realize you'll be living there and won't be a tourist.
My wife and I have been talking about this move for years and its all falling into place fast. The last piece of the puzzle is a house.
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05-16-2017, 07:54 AM #4044
It's so true, and there's no telling which degree of the varying scale of middle of nowhere/country/town/city life your individual situation will find most suitable once you're there. Some want convenience, some prefer seclusion- it's all there though, that's for sure. When I moved up last fall we signed a year lease to get settled, figure out exactly here we wanted to be in terms of proximity to work/resources and what we wanted out of the home itself. With real estate prices being so comparatively low coming from a rather affluent MA area, it was tempting to just jump on cool stuff or low numbers but I'm very happy we've waited until we were really ready and figured out the goldilocks zone of happiness to all relevant factors.
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05-16-2017, 08:00 AM #4045
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05-16-2017, 08:03 AM #4046
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05-16-2017, 08:06 AM #4047
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05-16-2017, 09:17 AM #4048
Speaking from experience, you will be quickly disabused of many preconceived ideas about VT going from weekender to full timer. I had been coming up almost every weekend, all winter since childhood and living here (especially teaching here) has been VERY eye opening. VT is much like the west in that there are certainly large pockets of progressive liberalism that kind of define the state politically and socially, but outside of those islands things are much more reactionary and even fundamentalist than I ever would have imagined. Also- some (not all, ahem, Stowe) well-to-do-towns are decidedly conservative in their voting and policies in the name of shoring up taxes and keeping out the riff-raff (see Stowe HS perhaps becoming Stowe Academy in the face of Act 46).
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05-16-2017, 10:09 AM #4049Registered User
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I was having a similar conversation with a buddy of mine who spends his winters in Warren. There's the VT the weekenders see which looks like a liberal, yuppie outdoorsy person's wet dream then there's the other 80% of Vermont that is rural, conservative and low income that tourists don't see. It's a stark contrast for sure. I'll be teaching in Barre and, after driving around the town its very much the real Vermont. I'm personally okay with it. Boston is getting more pretentious by the day. I was biking in Hingham last week and I over heard in the parking lot 2 women arguing about if almond milk is better for foaming in their Starbucks lattes. That might have been the last straw hahaha
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05-16-2017, 10:32 AM #4050
VT is still good people everywhere too (unless they're hooked on opiates, then they tend to be psychopathic petty thieves)- they may not like your politics or your Subaru, but they'll still tow you out of a ditch, loan you yard equipment and drink a beer with ya every time. You'll like the kids- you'll just find some sad, lonely poverty up here in contrast to the manic, crowded poverty of the cities.
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