Dear Vermont, I’m leaving

This commentary is by Jim Suriano, who lives in Montpelier.I’m leaving. And I’m writing to share my experience living here in the hope of effecting some changes for you all.I moved here in the fall of 2019. For years, I’d been determined to live in Vermont. I loved the Green Mountains and all the encounters I had with people in the state. I through-hiked a section of the Long Trail between Rutland and Waterbury and hitchhiked into Burlington back in 2016. The experience left l