This is great. I was really excited until I realized that you have to be a US citizen. I'd be happy to skip the $10,000 if I could get a work permit or a green card.
Vermont will cover $10K of expenses for people who move there and work remotely
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#22$10,000 is less than what Silicon Valley firms will cover just for relocation. I guess if you're thinking of doing it anyway, it could push you over the edge. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
>$10,000 is less than what Silicon Valley firms will cover just for relocation
Not everyone wants to work for SV firm, much less in SV.
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#23This 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.
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.
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#24Looks up tax rates for Vermont No thanks.
Re: Vermont will cover $10K of expenses for people who move there and work remotely
#25Vermont is a wonderful natural bucolic place to live.
Unfortunately, I discovered the hard way that the problem they are trying to solve is likely far more intractable than that program.
I co-founded a software/networking biz in VT some years ago. We really thought it was great, loved the lifestyle -- e.g., literally step out the door at lunch for a run or mtn bike in the woods, or walking meetings in the fields or woods -- just awesome!
We thought it'd be easy to convince others to come up and grow with us.
Wrong.
Ultimately had to move to north of Boston, then grew & sold.
I really wish more people would 'get it', but it just didn't work that way. Seeing that socialization seems paradoxically more city-oriented now despite far better connectivity tech, I'm even less optimistic now about it.
I really hope I'm wrong and they can kickstart a tech-in-the-woods common lifestyle... and at least with this program, a few dozen people will enjoy some great years there!
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#26Northern New England will have to get its heroin problem under control before it will be appealing to the “remote programmer moving to rural area for peace and quiet and lower cost of living.”
I live in a rural area with similar neighbors. Their drug habits have never been a problem for me.
Re: Vermont will cover $10K of expenses for people who move there and work remotely
#27$10,000 is less than what Silicon Valley firms will cover just for relocation. I guess if you're thinking of doing it anyway, it could push you over the edge. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
It’s not going to make anyone move to a cabin in the woods. But if you have already decided to move to a cabin in the woods, it might make you pick Vermont over New Hampshire.
If you’re moved by money, you would choose New Hampshire for the no income tax if choosing between the two. Vermont is 6.8% over 37k.
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#28Northern New England will have to get its heroin problem under control before it will be appealing to the “remote programmer moving to rural area for peace and quiet and lower cost of living.”
I don't think drug problems have really hindered the gentrification of SF or NYC. And we are talking way bigger quantities and associated violence than jobless rednecks in rural Vermont.
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#29This 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.
Fall and Summer are really great! Winter sucks unless you are into skiing.
Yeah but those ticks.
Maybe a quick trip with a few gallons of permethrin. Live there? With kids?? Nope.
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#30For many, this won't even begin to offset the increase in income and property taxes from this notoriously high-tax state. Individual or business, you're likely to pay more. http://money.cnn.com/gallery/smallbusiness/2012/10/15/state-... >>The income tax has a top rate of 8.95%. This ranks as the sixth-highest in the U.S., although it only applies to taxpayers making over $413,350 per year. Meanwhile, total state and…
Not to mention Burlington, VT has it's own city sales* tax as well (around 2.5% IIRC)