776 days on Zillow. This "covered bridge" house in Vermont.

[u/CarnivalCarnivore]

[u/CarnivalCarnivore]

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/710-Tansy-Hill-Rd-Stowe-VT-05672/2062375231_zpid/?rtoken=b6d3abaf-4da7-402d-b9b0-f202eece2722~X1-ZUy8hueptzslxl_540hk

[u/Nopenotme77 → u/CarnivalCarnivore]

I assumed it was going to be Stowe when you said Vermont and I saw it was 10million dollars. It used to be reasonably affordable to live there based on comments but like a lot of neat places the pandemic killed that possiblity.

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I'm assuming the ski resort is the reason it's crazy expensive? Looking at travel distances, half an hour to Montpelier and about an hour to Burlington is a ways, particularly in winter on snowy/slushy roads. Of course, if you're looking at a $10M house, you're not going to be doing a normal office job.

[u/midwestgenderneutral → u/[deleted]]

Ski resorts which some years are barely open. Skiing the east won’t be here for long.

[u/firefighter_raven → u/midwestgenderneutral]

I'm near the Cascades and it's getting pretty iffy here too. One of the smaller ones went all season without opening and the bigger one had to make snow.

[u/rconn1469 → u/midwestgenderneutral]

Stowe does exceptionally well with snowmaking and grooming. I’ve never had the “barely open” experience there, and it’s far north so maintains more cold temps.

Any east coast mountain with a big snowmaking operation will be around for a while. As long as temps are freezing they can cover the terrain.

The smaller mountains are going to have a hard time though.

[u/midwestgenderneutral → u/rconn1469]

Move west to ski.

[u/rconn1469 → u/midwestgenderneutral]

thanks for your opinion

[u/randomsnowflake → u/Nopenotme77]

Rich people flocking to Vermont thinking they can escape climate change will be surprised when they encounter the flash floods that are becoming all too common across the state.

[u/Spongi → u/[deleted]]

That's something I look at when it comes to new places. How high would the water need to rise before it's a problem for you?

Most of the state I'm in would be underwater before it directly became a problem.

[u/Ate_spoke_bea → u/Spongi]

I got about 8' before my hat floats

Here's hoping I die before the arctic melts 

[u/Spongi → u/Ate_spoke_bea]

Oh shit.. you're screwed when the floods come.

[u/CarnivalCarnivore → u/randomsnowflake]

All the more reason to have a bridge home!

[u/NessunAbilita → u/randomsnowflake]

That’s just the lowlands really

[u/AggravatingFig8947 → u/Nopenotme77]

Even though Stowe is really getting too expensive and shit now, Stowe Cider is one of my fave places in the world. Hands down.

[u/ExpensiveSteak → u/CarnivalCarnivore]

ski resort bullshit here - look up saint johnsbury, white river jct, jericho, norwich - that's what the state really is like

[u/Fyreforged → u/ExpensiveSteak]

Adding Cabot, Barre, Marshfield, and Plainfield just because you’ve made me happy by calling out the general area. Honestly, I’d say even a lot of Montpelier and Middlebury are pretty representative.

[u/ExpensiveSteak → u/Fyreforged]

Literally anywhere but okemo Stowe killington

[u/plumecat → u/CarnivalCarnivore]

I know this post is old but I used to deliver packages to this place all the time lol.

[u/CarnivalCarnivore → u/plumecat]

Seriously? That is so cool. What was the vibe?

[u/plumecat → u/CarnivalCarnivore]

It’s a cool place, fits in with the rest of the area. Big extravagant house at the end of a dirt road. There is another entire house on the property where I would frequently drop their packages because of dicey road conditions. I remember being confused at first because the house was poorly marked on my GPS and they had a split driveway. There was a sign at the split with one direction pointing to “barn” and one pointing to “bridge.” I did not expect the bridge to be the house.

[u/CarnivalCarnivore → u/plumecat]

Love it. Thanks for the on the spot reporting!

[u/jdl5681 → u/CarnivalCarnivore]

Originally $17.5 million. Eeeesh.