Young People Want to Leave Vermont Over Affordability Concerns, Poll Finds

Ways of Seeing: Building a Vermont our kids can afford

HANNAH SESSIONS This summer, when our daughter comes back to Vermont on her summer break as a teacher, something momentous is happening — she will be the same age that my husband and I were when we purchased our farm in 2000. At 24 (almost 25), she has officially lapped us! It has gotten me thinking, especially as “affordability” is top of people’s minds these days (and rightly so), how has the financial landscape in the Green Mountain State cha…

Young People Want to Leave Vermont Over Affordability Concerns, Poll Finds

More than 40 percent of Vermonters are considering leaving the state, with some 60 percent of residents between the ages of 18 and 34 saying they will “likely” move away within the next five years, according to a recently released poll from the University of New Hampshire. Six in ten of those who will probably leave said they want to move somewhere with cheaper housing and a lower cost of living. About 50 percent said they were seeking lower tax…

Four in 10 Vermonters say they may leave state within five years, citing affordability concerns

DURHAM, N.H. — Less than two-thirds of Vermont residents rate their state as a good place to live overall, new data released by the University of New Hampshire's "States of Opinion" project shows.

Young Vermonters eyeing the exits as affordability concerns mount, poll finds

A new statewide poll suggests Vermont may be facing a growing "brain drain," with nearly two-thirds of young adults saying they are likely to leave the state within the next five years, driven largely by high housing costs and the overall cost of living.