EdgeVox
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I'm moving to Vermont (For School) and I was curious if anybody lived around there?
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Mac Phisto
The Fly
Yup, watch out for the bears.
Trees too. Lot of 'em.
Trees too. Lot of 'em.
i wish. 
my husband is from connecticut, though. his family still lives there and various other new england spots.
my husband is from connecticut, though. his family still lives there and various other new england spots.
daisybean
Rock n' Roll Doggie, FOB
I have a brother in New Hampshire and I grew up in CT....
But Vermont is soooo beautiful. If you are into nature and trees and old houses you are really going to like it.
But Vermont is soooo beautiful. If you are into nature and trees and old houses you are really going to like it.
MrsSpringsteen
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I don't live in Vermont, but I've been there. Vermont is beautiful! Except for the brutal winters, of course. But in the Fall, there's nothing like it.
You should definitely make the Ben and Jerry's headquarters your first stop.
I think it's still in Burlington, not sure about that.
I've only been to Burlington and a few surrounding towns, but I'm sure the whole state has plenty to offer. Good luck w/ school
You should definitely make the Ben and Jerry's headquarters your first stop.
I think it's still in Burlington, not sure about that.I've only been to Burlington and a few surrounding towns, but I'm sure the whole state has plenty to offer. Good luck w/ school
meegannie
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Didn't Newhart take place in Vermont?
Well,
I"m from New Hampshire.
You're probably going to either middlebury or UVM, right? I know people that went to both. 3 at UVM, 2 at middlebury. Every one of them came back a STONER. Evidently, there's not much else to do up there. Pretty much same as NH. And it gets Bitch-ass cold up there...
But, on the plus side (or maybe the weed was the plus side. to each his own, right?), the state is beautiful, and the people, by and large, are very nice.
Oh, and Vermont is very different than Texas (but you knew that). It's the only state to elect a Socialist to the U.S. House, so you might imagine that people there tend to be a wee bit LEFT of center.
Anyway, good luck with school.
-Mike
I"m from New Hampshire.
You're probably going to either middlebury or UVM, right? I know people that went to both. 3 at UVM, 2 at middlebury. Every one of them came back a STONER. Evidently, there's not much else to do up there. Pretty much same as NH. And it gets Bitch-ass cold up there...
But, on the plus side (or maybe the weed was the plus side. to each his own, right?), the state is beautiful, and the people, by and large, are very nice.
Oh, and Vermont is very different than Texas (but you knew that). It's the only state to elect a Socialist to the U.S. House, so you might imagine that people there tend to be a wee bit LEFT of center.
Anyway, good luck with school.
-Mike
Hewson
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I'm in Mass. Vermont will be a bit different than Texas, very cold in winter, if you ski, its the best state east of the Rockies for that, a lot of beautiful areas, very much what you picture New England being from postcards etc.
4th Avenue is the place to hang if you're going to school in the Burlington area.
4th Avenue is the place to hang if you're going to school in the Burlington area.
ghetofabu
Rock n' Roll Doggie Band-aid
Good luck....dress warm. 
dizzy
Rock n' Roll Doggie
I almost moved there last year.
tackleberry
War Child
daisybean said:
I grew up in Connecticut too. Where specifically did you? I was in West Hartford area.
I went to school in New Hampshire... if you like miles and miles of nothing but trees, lots and lots of snow, an extremely laid back atmosphere, and a bunch of aging hippies, then the region is the place for you. Live free or die baby
NOTE: Thank the Lord I'm back in New York.
NOTE: Thank the Lord I'm back in New York.
popkidu2
War Child
Northern New Hampshire and the Sea Coast area...mountains, snow, and the sea. Can't get enough of it....
BostonAnne
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Hewson said:
Hewson, I always thought you lived in NH!
I really like New England, though I haven't spent much time in Vermont. I am spending a mini vacation near Snow Mountain next summer.
Hewson
Blue Crack Supplier
Anne, I've lived my entire life in MA.
Currently in Fishtown.
Currently in Fishtown.
BostonAnne
Refugee
Hewson, do you mean Gloucester? I don't know why I thought you lived in NH!
I too have lived my entire life in MA I just moved to Walpole last July, which is next to Norwood - the town I grew up in!
I too have lived my entire life in MA
I just moved to Walpole last July, which is next to Norwood - the town I grew up in!
oliveu2cm
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Headache in a Suitcase said:
Edgevox, you are moving from Texas?
Dress WARM! It's freezing here!!! I'm in the middle of Mass. I 
new england but the climates make you a bit 
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EdgeVox said:
Good luck, EdgeVox! This is gonna be a great move for you!
Hewson
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That's the place.BostonAnne said:
Grew up in Winthrop, went to college in Amherst.
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EdgeVox
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Alright so I forgot about this thread...I've been in Southeast Vermont since July and I'm digging the school I'm at and the fact that there's tons of cool stuff to do just a few hours away (being from Tx I'm used to driving 6 hours just to get to a major city).....so just wanted to know who was still in the area.....I'm in Boston every other weekend, Boston rocks, even for a Yankee fan like myself....
oliveu2cm
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EdgeVox said:
(Glad to hear you're enjoying VT and Boston though!!
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U2girl02
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EdgeVox, one of my best friends just moved to VT and she *loves* it. She loves the people, the area... everything. Hope you like it too!
Yeah South Shore!
I'm from Central Mass (I go to school on the South Shore.)
Dreadsox said:
Yeah South Shore!
I'm from Central Mass
(I go to school on the South Shore.)
i went to new england college in henniker, nh. quite the interesting experience, let me tell ya. durring my time there, one road trip helped me develop my hatred for massachusets that comes out whenever we discuss the red sox 
it's nothing against the state or it's people really... but anyways...
it was the week of thanksgiving, 2001. we had a home game the tuesday before thanksgiving (i was on the basketball team) which, of course, we lost... rather than stay tuesday night and leave wednesday morning, me, pete, a teammate of mine who i grew up with on long island, and edin, a kid from belgrade, yugoslavia, who was staying with his cousins in manhattan, left new hampshire at around 9:00pm, hoping to get home around 1:00, 2:00 at the very latest. we were making fantastic time... got down to just north of springfield in an hour, at which point, i noticed the stearing on my car was getting a little loose in the back... then the noise started... and i knew... we had a f&$@ing flat tire. got out, put the donut on, and pulled off Rt. 91 to a gas station in north springfield to try to fix the tire. put some fix a flat in it, filled it up with air... and their were all these air pockets, looked like little tumors, all over the tire. needless to say, i don't think it was a good idea to put the bubbly tire back on the car. so now here we were, by this point it was around 11:00 at night, no tire place was open, we were all poor college bums, so it's not like we could get a hotel room, and we had to get to new york, and then long island, and we were still in massachusets. and of course, on a donut, you really shouldn't spend too much time over 50 miles per hour, or the damn thing might fall off.
needless to say, we pulled into manhattan to drop off edin at around 4:30am. got out of the city and onto the LIE around 5ish, dropped pete off, and pulled infront of my house around 5:45... just as my dad was leaving for work. so a 4 hour drive turned into a near 9 hour marathon.
but oh... it gets better...
we have to be back for practice sunday at 10:00am. neither of us wanted to leave saturday night, 'cause we wanted to spend the extra time at home with our friends/family etc. so i got up at 4am, picked up pete, and headed off into manhattan to get edin. being sunday morning, traffic was non-existant. had edin in the car and headed into connecticut by 5. once again, we were making treeemendous time, which should have been the first warning sign. we didn't have to fly down the road 'cause there was hardly anyone on the road to begin with. so we enter massachusets, plenty of time to go. i put the car on cruise control, set at 5 miles over the speed limit. we pass through springfield, north springfield, and then enter the area around holyoke. we turn around a bend, and see a cop up in the distance parked on the shoulder. i turn the cruise control off, slow down 5 mph, and drive past the cop... as people are passing me in the speed lane... going exactly the speed limit. drive past the cop a good 10-15 feet... and he starts pulling onto the road. he's still following us... still following us... i start going even slower now... even slower... the lights come on. the mass state trooper pulls us over. asks for my liscense and registration... meanwhile, edin was sleeping in the backseat, which is filled with bags and stuff. he stars waking up, shuffeling all around... the trooper starts yelling at him.. "what are you doing?!?! do you have a gun?!?!?! show me your hands... SHOW ME YOUR HANDS!!!!," while statey has his hand on his holster. now remember, edin is here on a student visa from belgrade. he's thinking he's gonna get deported. the cop bolts to the otherside of the car, rips edin out and starts frisking him, then searching the backseat of the car. pete is cracking up in the front seat, and the cop starts yelling at him "PUT YOUR HANDS ON THE DASH!!" pete lets out an AHHH, drops his cell phone and puts his hands on the dashboard. i don't even wait, and just put my hands on the steeringwheel. cop finishes his search, let's edin get back in the car, and goes back to his patrol car. comes back with a ticket... 70 in a 65... radar isn't checked off, rather "estimated" is. and to make things even better, it was in a double point (which didn't matter 'cause i'm out of state)/double fine (which did matter 'cause i was a poor college schmo) zone. and oh yeah... i forgot to mention this one little fact. the date... november 25, 2001... my 21st birthday. we pulled back into henniker, nh, straight to the gym parking lot, and walked into the locker room to get ready for a 10:00 practice at exactly 9:55. and oh what a fun practice it was...
so there is the root over my disgust over the state of massachusets...
it's nothing against the state or it's people really... but anyways...it was the week of thanksgiving, 2001. we had a home game the tuesday before thanksgiving (i was on the basketball team) which, of course, we lost... rather than stay tuesday night and leave wednesday morning, me, pete, a teammate of mine who i grew up with on long island, and edin, a kid from belgrade, yugoslavia, who was staying with his cousins in manhattan, left new hampshire at around 9:00pm, hoping to get home around 1:00, 2:00 at the very latest. we were making fantastic time... got down to just north of springfield in an hour, at which point, i noticed the stearing on my car was getting a little loose in the back... then the noise started... and i knew... we had a f&$@ing flat tire. got out, put the donut on, and pulled off Rt. 91 to a gas station in north springfield to try to fix the tire. put some fix a flat in it, filled it up with air... and their were all these air pockets, looked like little tumors, all over the tire. needless to say, i don't think it was a good idea to put the bubbly tire back on the car. so now here we were, by this point it was around 11:00 at night, no tire place was open, we were all poor college bums, so it's not like we could get a hotel room, and we had to get to new york, and then long island, and we were still in massachusets. and of course, on a donut, you really shouldn't spend too much time over 50 miles per hour, or the damn thing might fall off.
needless to say, we pulled into manhattan to drop off edin at around 4:30am. got out of the city and onto the LIE around 5ish, dropped pete off, and pulled infront of my house around 5:45... just as my dad was leaving for work. so a 4 hour drive turned into a near 9 hour marathon.
but oh... it gets better...
we have to be back for practice sunday at 10:00am. neither of us wanted to leave saturday night, 'cause we wanted to spend the extra time at home with our friends/family etc. so i got up at 4am, picked up pete, and headed off into manhattan to get edin. being sunday morning, traffic was non-existant. had edin in the car and headed into connecticut by 5. once again, we were making treeemendous time, which should have been the first warning sign. we didn't have to fly down the road 'cause there was hardly anyone on the road to begin with. so we enter massachusets, plenty of time to go. i put the car on cruise control, set at 5 miles over the speed limit. we pass through springfield, north springfield, and then enter the area around holyoke. we turn around a bend, and see a cop up in the distance parked on the shoulder. i turn the cruise control off, slow down 5 mph, and drive past the cop... as people are passing me in the speed lane... going exactly the speed limit. drive past the cop a good 10-15 feet... and he starts pulling onto the road. he's still following us... still following us... i start going even slower now... even slower... the lights come on. the mass state trooper pulls us over. asks for my liscense and registration... meanwhile, edin was sleeping in the backseat, which is filled with bags and stuff. he stars waking up, shuffeling all around... the trooper starts yelling at him.. "what are you doing?!?! do you have a gun?!?!?! show me your hands... SHOW ME YOUR HANDS!!!!," while statey has his hand on his holster. now remember, edin is here on a student visa from belgrade. he's thinking he's gonna get deported. the cop bolts to the otherside of the car, rips edin out and starts frisking him, then searching the backseat of the car. pete is cracking up in the front seat, and the cop starts yelling at him "PUT YOUR HANDS ON THE DASH!!" pete lets out an AHHH, drops his cell phone and puts his hands on the dashboard. i don't even wait, and just put my hands on the steeringwheel. cop finishes his search, let's edin get back in the car, and goes back to his patrol car. comes back with a ticket... 70 in a 65... radar isn't checked off, rather "estimated" is. and to make things even better, it was in a double point (which didn't matter 'cause i'm out of state)/double fine (which did matter 'cause i was a poor college schmo) zone. and oh yeah... i forgot to mention this one little fact. the date... november 25, 2001... my 21st birthday. we pulled back into henniker, nh, straight to the gym parking lot, and walked into the locker room to get ready for a 10:00 practice at exactly 9:55. and oh what a fun practice it was...
so there is the root over my disgust over the state of massachusets...
oliveu2cm
Rock n' Roll Doggie FOB
U2girl02 said:
I'm from Central Mass
hehe that's funny- since I posted this I've moved to Boston! But Worcesta will always hold a special place in my heart cuz that's where I went to college
U2girl02
Refugee
That sucks, Headache... the cops in MA tend to be pretty crazy. I was out with a few friends last year and we got pulled over by 4 cop cars, for no reason other than my friend who was driving is black. 
It was so stupid.
Yeah Worcester!! That's where I grew up!
What school did you go to?
It was so stupid.Originally posted by oliveU2cm
hehe that's funny- since I posted this I've moved to Boston! But Worcesta will always hold a special place in my heart cuz that's where I went to college
Yeah Worcester!! That's where I grew up!
What school did you go to?
IWasBored
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i'm in MA too
i live here i go to school here, i'm not from here, but i've been here for about....*counting* 5 years, i think. and i'll be here for atleast another...well, until i finish school.
in fuckin amherst. you know what? i can't say i really like this town.
i live here i go to school here, i'm not from here, but i've been here for about....*counting* 5 years, i think. and i'll be here for atleast another...well, until i finish school.
in fuckin amherst. you know what? i can't say i really like this town.
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U2girl02
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Yeah I'm not a fan of Amherst either 
Half my friends go to school there, and my sis did too, but it just didn't appeal to me. I like the other 2/3 of the state ... western mass doesn't do much for me. Maybe it's because I don't go out there too often...
Half my friends go to school there, and my sis did too, but it just didn't appeal to me. I like the other 2/3 of the state ... western mass doesn't do much for me. Maybe it's because I don't go out there too often...Similar threads
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