After reading Susie Crowther's Viewpoint “Plan A” [Voices, April 25] about her upcoming move to Central America, it was difficult to figure out where to begin a response. She has certainly come up with a huge laundry list of things she dislikes about Vermont.
When freezing rain hits, she “loses access to our road for [...] a month.” Huh? She sounds like many newcomers who never took the time to learn how to safely and effectively drive in our winter weather.
And then she goes on about mud season, hurricanes, crime, fires, earthquakes, and tornadoes ad nauseam. If she's directing her “materialism” rant at Vermonters, she's barking up the wrong tree. I think we rank about 50th in materialism, and many of us thrive on being minimalists.
On her comments about “culture,” I don't know who she's made acquaintances with, but it sounds like she's spent her time connecting with uber-hyper-urban types who don't know how to relax.