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WHY WE HAVEN’T MOVED TO VERMONT
[Re “Coming and Going: Vermont Struggles to Grow Its Workforce,” February 8]: I have followed Gov. Phil Scott’s plans to get people to move to Vermont. We seemingly fit the desired profile as younger professionals. We drive an electric car and are very environmentally responsible. We love nature, local foods and animals. Our blockades pertain to employment and pay — and that is with me keeping my current job. The average offer my wife — a physical therapist with 10-plus years of experience and specialty certifications — has been given is 10 percent less than her current salary, increases health insurance costs and reduces her existing benefits. Simultaneously, utilities, housing, taxes and transportation are all higher in Vermont — some substantially. While we’ll accept some trade-offs, none of the aforementioned scenarios works in our favor or serves as incentive. Now consider that we do not live in an inexpensive smaller town and suffer from sticker shock. We reside in Chicago in a quiet, in-demand neighborhood where we have a mortgage on a nice home that has appreciated. Even with those gains, the numbers prove a major challenge. Plus, we do not seek to live in Burlington, but rather in a surrounding, cheaper area. We have paid out of pocket for travel and expenses for interviews on two occasions — and for house inspection and water fees on a deal on which the seller reneged. We adore Vermont and would relish the opportunity to join your community as engaged citizens. We do not need to be persuaded to move by a government program. We do, however, need a job in my wife’s field that pays what it should. Bob Gendron
CHICAGO, IL
STREETS SMART
[Re Off Message: “Development Opponents Go Back to Court Over Burlington Mall,” March 30]: What city officials call the “base concept” for Bank and Cherry streets contradicts at least three of their four stated “primary goals” for these streets: that they be walkable, bikeable, functional and sustainable. To be faithful to these goals, the base concept has to go. The central error of the base concept is to allow parking on both sides of Bank and Cherry.