So here’s what I’m thinking…
Either I really need to move to Vermont or I follow [on twitter & blogs] way too many people who live in Vermont. 
I’ve always had this thing for New England. The allure of rolling hills, mountains, roads that aren’t straight, family fun, history, and the love of simpler things I just can’t ignore. That’s one of the reasons I moved out here for school. Now school is over and I can move wherever I want. I’m drawn to Vermont and Colorado.
Vermont is a little more appealing because its closer to Boston. A lot of my college friends are from the East Coast so it would be more likely to see them in the future if I also lived here. I have family who live in Colorado. Family is a really great thing to have close by for a lot of different reasons and I miss living anywhere near them here in Boston. Sure I still talk to them on a regular basis but there are a lot of perks of having a family nearby.
Now, Colorado has bigger mountains, that is for sure. With bigger mountains comes bigger resorts with more tourists and thus more business. Vermont is all about localism. They have all these protections built in for small businesses. You’ll find a lot of people concerned with eating local/organic and visiting the farms their food comes from. Coloradans do similar things but its fewer of them. Colorado has a major metropolitan area (Denver). The largest city in Vermont is Burlington which, from my experience, was just like Boulder, CO.
Colorado Springs is the epicenter for evangelical churches. Vermont doesn’t have this. Vermont has old churches with white steeples. There are a ton of small communities, few stop lights, and much of it is rural. Oh wait, Colorado is like that too.
Now you see where my predicament lies. I’m applying for full time positions in both states with the hope that someone will give me a chance. In either place I’d have to make a lot of new friends. I’d also get the excitement of discovering things to do, cool places to ride my bike/run/hike (I would hike if there were mountains for me to hike on). Really either state would be a cool place to spend some of my time. The idea right now is that my apartment lease ends in August and maybe I should just proactively move to one of these states and then find a job. This is what I would call a leap of faith and that terrifies me. I would so much rather have a plan but I’m learning the life lesson that a lot of things can’t be planned.
Everyone I follow on Twitter or blogs enjoys Vermont although they seem to find it boring from time to time. They do get out there and try to find fun things to do. On the one hand, this might just be a trait of a person who likes to blog or microblog regularly but on the other hand, it might just be an awesome place to live.
What do you think?
Being from the beast coast move west. Typical snow season runs from early October till early June here. We have the cheapest passes with the most mountains. If you want certified organic from local farms you just need to know where to shop, the local liquor/meat shop 3 blocks from my house gets all its meat 20 miles to the north of town, there’s also a farmers market, and other things.
As far as the bible thumpers, every state has em. But those fucks down in CO Springs don’t venture up to the mountains, we have a few Mo’s but they’re easy to scare off, and the Jo’s are even easier.
Denver is about a 2 hour drive to the mountains unless you wake up late then it’s a shit show up I 70 to here. Back roads can be taken you just need to learn them. Also a bad winter here is an average year anywhere else in terms of snowfall. Hell last year was the worst winter we’ve had in years and I still got up on the mountain 157 days.