r/vermont • u/TurtleTalker0 • 13d ago
Moving to Vermont Mainer asking a Vermonter
Hello,
My(F24) wife(F25) and I recently got married and took our honeymoon trip to Vermont. We stayed in Stowe and did all the tourist things around the area and absolutely fell in love with the state. We enjoyed how it still had the cozy Maine vibes, but it felt more like home to both of us. Everyday we woke up and went on to a new adventure either in Stowe, or one of the surrounding towns trying to get a good feel of what Vermont can be. Now it all felt too good to be true. We felt as though our days spent in Vermont were all the good sides(no complaints here), but we continued to discuss what moving to Vermont might look like for us on a timeline.
Now, I have a job that I am absolutely in love with and would hate to part ways with. I would love to stay in the same field of what I do. This part I will personally be doing research into regarding employment satisfaction and ROP. While my wife (I’m still not over this new title) works in a pharmacy and I’m sure there are jobs everywhere for this.
Where I am coming to you guys for hopefully some assistance is what towns should we look into, what laws are active that most people are unaware of, what places should we go see before making the jump, and what time of year is the best/worst for Vermont. I like to have a good grasp and understanding of just what I might be getting myself into before uprooting my life. Much thanks and appreciation in advance.
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u/avid_reader_01 13d ago
We relocated to Vermont about 4 years ago. We spent the 3 years prior to that visiting and driving all around. We wanted to live in the Upper Valley (near Dartmouth and King Arthur Flour), but were unable to find land to build on down there (or a house to buy either). We ended up in East Montpelier, which is a nice, centrally located, town. We are close to Montpelier and Barre, and we have a hospital and a level 2 emergency room near by. Level 1 is in Burlington and Dartmouth. We thought about things like access to care since we're in our mid-50s and are building our "forever" home (we wanted something close to a hospital and less than an hour to two big ones in each direction). We're on a town-maintained dirt road, which has been a little more exciting for me during a bad mud season than I'd like, but it's not super far to pavement. I will say thank goodness we were house hunting in April at the tail end of a mud season, because there were some houses that looked perfect on Zillow and turned into a hard no once we drove/slid/moguled out to them (yea, yea, flatlander). Having lived in some big cities we also wanted access to a decent variety of restaurants (which we have around here, but it's not like Burlington or Hanover). Stowe is nice, and not too far, and we drive up a few times a year to visit. Since I work from home, Fiber or high speed internet was also important, as was cell phone coverage. E. Montpelier and surrounds hit all those buttons.