Cheese

Amy Z aiz24 at hotmail.com
Wed Apr 4 16:30:14 UTC 2001


--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., tanwo at h... wrote:
> --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Amy Z" <aiz24 at h...> wrote:
> > 
> > The state we are both privileged to call home contains a single 
> city, 
> > with the whopping population of 40,000.  
> 
> Sounds great - I hate cities too! Which state is this ('scuse 
> ignorance of US geography)?
> 

Vermont.  It's in the Northeast, one of the New England states.  Very 
small (3rd or 4th smallest state in area, similar rank in population--
about 1/2 a million), snowy, mountainous if you're from England/hilly 
if you're from the Rockies, rural, agricultural, politically 
progressive (our Congressman is basically a Socialist, making him 
unique in the US Congress), very white unfortunately (Northern + 
rural = almost no people of color).  That latter is the only thing I 
dislike about living in Vermont.  That plus the already-lamented lack 
of sushi.

We are known for our radiantly colorful fall foliage (people come 
from all over to "leaf peep" in October), maple syrup, skiing, and 
being the only state in the union where same-sex couples can enter 
into something more or less equivalent to civil marriage (not 
everyone considers that a point of pride, to be sure, but I do).  
Let's see, and President Calvin Coolidge came from here.  Whoop de do.

Noel, did I leave anything good out?

Amy Z
not paid by the VT Tourism Board





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