Vermont was one of the Northern states whose economy was less dependent of the slave trade. MA and NY had ship builders who profited before IMPORTATION of slaves was outlawed in the early 1800's. Cotton mills also profited the North, because the very, very cheap labor of immigrant women and children made American-manufactured cotton cloth competitive with Britain. (I imagine that Burlington had some of those factories.)
Well, it's more the culture than the education. Like all rural America, Vermont has serious problems of poverty and places where education and services are very lacking, similar to southern states. It's just that the culture has never been one of bigotry
Because we were the first to abolish slavery in the 1700s. We sustained ourselves on hard work not forcing others to do it for us. Not too mention we also gave shelter and hiding to the slaves through the underground railroad. All of that said, we are taught about the truths and horrors of slavery in elementary school. For at least the past 50years. THAT is education forming culture. Don't get me wrong... there are some old timey redneck racist bigots in VT as well. But, they are the minority here.... and I am proud of that.
@@alysiawilliams2139sorry, there's at least one. My best friend from Atlanta moved up there a year ago. He got tired oh heat & humidity & the south in general. My ATL brother from another has been in heaven since moving there. He even loved all the snow.
@catmomjewett I plan on it eventually. He is living with friends up there. They're just outside Burlington, I'd love to see it. I drive the Northeast corridor weekly. I'm very familiar with mud season. It seems to coincide with the bug starting season. Stupid mosquitoes with fur coats.
We've actually got some black folks in the Burlington area in recent decades. Somali, Nepali, and Nigerian refugees have settled here. Very few African Americans but some really nice foreign food.
Well maybe hold your horses a bit though….not to burst your bubble but Vermont is really more politically mixed than solidly lefty the way like the west coast is. But hey that’s still notable, Vermont and other rural parts of the northeast like upstate NY and western Mass are probably the only rural places in America that aren’t totally dominated by republicans and conservatives…they just also aren’t quite as liberal as people think either
Vermont is lovely! Only problem with living there is it's hard to get a job that isn't farming or hospitality. Much easier if you have a job where it doesn't matter where you live.
@@CallistaZM Vermont is a very lovely place, but there are also very few jobs, few good health services, lots of drug abuse…the list goes on. It’s the same problems all of rural America has but for some reason people think it’s some beautiful fantasy world
As a Texan, I would definitely visit in the summer. Be aware, a Vermont summer is going to be very cool compared to Texas. It rarely gets above 80 and then only in the valleys. In the mountains expect 60s and 70s. Can definitely remember a few summer nights it got down to the 30s and 40s. Same if you hike mountains, it's chilly up there.
@@CallistaZM I’d like to experience a place with like minded people. Texas can feel oppressive (temps have been hovering at 100 to 114 lately) but the political climate is just as hot. And red. Just like to imagine a bluer, cooler climate, for both!
@beckychaney1694 don't blame you one bit. I grew up half in Vermont and half in southern Illinois so I was always back and forth between that northeastern liberal culture and Midwestern conservative Christian. Only thing I preferred about Illinois was the shorter winters lol
@kolt4d559 like many rural areas they suffer from poverty and lack of opportunities. You find many of the same problems there you do in southern states just with less bigotry
@@taosterlord157 I know there's some non-white people, I was just picking on how rare that is in Vermont, and that we are still an overall tolerant state.
Vermont is the 11th Canadian province. It's just on loan to you guys until y'all become more progressive as a nation. Once that happens, we'd like it back, please.
@@PrydeWater901 when it starts looking like "mad max beyond thunderdome" they might start thinking there's something to this climate change business. But they will still be xenophobic
As someone who is a Vermonter, I must caution anyone who isn't familiar with us that you should NEVER under any circumstances say anything bad or negative about our maple syrup. It would be like saying that corn is terrible while in the Midwest States.
We literally have laws against claiming your "maple flavored substance" is real syrup. Seriously, fuck around with the Maple in VT and you'll find out like McDs did!
It’s been a well known fact for a long time that Vermont ya know…..think and cares. Bernie sets a fine example as well. Nothing but good vibes every time I drive my tour bus through Vermont. Vermont is the shit if it just wasn’t for that cold part of the year I would move in a flash.
Legit. That cold part of the year genuinely lasts most of the year - November through April certainly and bookended by some pretty dang chilly October and May days. You're not really out of the woods for possible snow until after mid-May.
I found a house with a Rebel Rag near Burlington late last year. Had to actively resist the urge to burn that house down. They replaced it with a "Thin Blue Line" flag pretty quickly, so I think others had the same impulse and let the owner know.
Meh, 90% of the time someone Yanks them off the vehicle. Lived next door to a guy in Johnson that hung a rebel flag in his window. Of course, it was overshadowed by the amount of BLM flags everywhere. If you're that dumb to fly a Confederate flag in one of the most northern states you could get, you couldn't possibly be a credible threat to anyone and you get ignored/ridiculed.
Dude, I grew up in Cincinnati and lived five years in Salt Lake City…. that is the whitest place I’ve ever been in. We’d come back to see family at holiday’s and then we’d see all kinds of colors 😂 Seriously, they bought the basketball team from New Orleans so every year they had a “jazz festival”. It was truly uncomfortable. 😂
@@RaptorJesus hahaha, you knocked it out of the park 😆 When the basketball team and the jazz musicians have to be imported - you know it’s a white town (I’m white just to be clear)😂
@@stardust86x they also underreport all kinds of things. Like the amount of T bone accidents is astonishing. The wives are expected to stay home but when the kids grow up they are bored, so the wives turn to drugs. It’s also the cosmetic surgery capital of America (you’d think that it would be L.A. but the amount of boob jobs in Utah is off the charts). I won’t comment on their wacky religion aside from this - the founder was murdered by his own followers because he was having sex with all of their wives. They don’t mention that fact.
@@tenofivelips My great-Great grandfather was a blacksmith in Vermont in the 1820's. His father got into confrontations with Ethan Allen and his Greenshirts during the Revolutionary War. We would NEVER live in New Hampshire!
@@MX.Fantastic It's kind of a family joke. See above where our family was looted and terrorized by the Green Shirts and Ethan Allen himself. And look at NH today. Still the conservative state while Vermont is liberal. We are always our history, even if we are ignorant about it
It still hurts that I couldn't make your show but on the bright side, I'm glad you're posting excerpts from your time here. If nothing else, it adds to the sting... Hope Burlytown treated you well !
Burlington specifically is where you’d want to be! There’s plenty of rural parts of Vermont that aren’t as liberal. It’s much like upstate NY, the cities are liberal but the tiny towns are regressive and northern redneck. I’ve seen far too many confederate flags in these places. Burlington is wonderful though, one of my favorite cities to visit. Great dining, shopping, and people are friendly. Visit in the fall to see some of the most beautiful foliage in the country and don’t forget to buy some real VT syrup!
@@daemonsca hmmm. He’s been one of Vermonts senators for over 40 years. It took him that long to make his first million. A few years past, he was the only Senator that wasn’t a millionaire. Only did it after the book he and his wife wrote.
I’m in a single stoplight village in VT. Everyone is welcome in our sweet blue state. Everyone is vaxxed with the lowest death rate in the country because here we prefer to die of boredom and obesity. Lol
I almost spit my tea out all over my keyboard over "That's ILLEGAL." Coming from rural Indiana, I thought so, too. I mean, they still use the phrase, "the Coloreds" out here. There's a road that was called "Colored Pike" because Black people owned a farm on it A HUNDRED AND SEVENTY YEARS AGO. Liberal and rural just don't go together in most of America.
I might just have to go there to visit. Born in West Virginia but have been stuck in Texas for toooo many years. Do meat goats do well there? My 'hobby' after retiring.
Very few magats in my village. The one family finally took down the bunting and drumpf 2020 signs and moved last year. New people have cleaned the place up nicely. Whew!
I'm surrounded by Trump voters in my very white (but not as white Burlington) county of NE Pennsylvania. Vermont is sounding very good right now. I wouldn't do too well in Connecticut. I don't know how to speak Golfese.
I have spent the majority of my life in South Carolina. Anywhere from 25% to 50% black, depending on the municipality. I flew up to Maine to spend a week with my spouse's family, and it was quite a surreal experience. There are very, VERY few black people there. It was as white as it gets going up to the New England states.
I’m a South Carolinian and I spent the summer of 2020 working as a medical traveler in Vermont. I didn’t see a black person for the first three weeks I was there until one afternoon I was standing in line at Rite Aid and a black man walked in the store. I wanted to get out of line and go hug him! 😂😂😂
I went to Vermont in June and loved it. They have Ben & Jerry’s, a great capital city and Bernie Sanders. I didn’t stop at Burlington. It looks like a great city.
Seeing as you travel for work In those really white places do they just hate the guy that has the darkest tan? Feel like you could write aa better joke than me there
I was born and raised in Lexington, KY (that blue pearl in the middle of a big red clam) . I grew up (preschool) skating in this city, but SUCKED. In highschool I went to what are basically tall hills with snowmaking machines. I graduated from UK and took a job at the premier resort Stratton VT. Home of Burton and U.S. Open .
As all Southerners of a certain age, I was raised to believe New England Yankees were a special kind of stand-offishly rude. Nothing is further from the truth in my opinion. And Vermont holds a warm place in my memories.
In the cities way-out-West, at least, those signs signify "Please don't destroy our business/home, we weren't consulted about your admittedly harsh screwing-over," basically. If I saw one out in the country in Vermont, I wouldn't know how to interpret it either 🤷
In New England we mean, “Let’s have these community values together.” Like literally, I’m just outside of Boston and surrounded by many of those stereotypical white New England churches, many of which are Congregationalist; in other words, we really do think in community terms. Also, when we aren’t trying to build community, we are absolutely trying to lecture people who don’t agree with us - gotta be realistic about myself and my community! 😂 And that connects to why VT is so liberal: much is because hippies from the Boomer generation moved there in the 60s and 70s. It was a pretty divided state for a while but that tension is more settled now as the pre-Boomers have passed away.
As someone who lives in one of those “cities way-out-West” I think it’s more than just “don’t destroy our businesses” but also “as decent humans who may not have had a direct role in screwing you and your ancestors over, we do want to be part of the solution moving forward”.
Burlington is great, but not perfect. My son graduated from UVM's education program, and he absolutely loved it, except for one thing. He was outraged when he did his student teaching, because the elementary school in the "professional" neighborhood had everything, but the school in the neighborhood where most of the immigrant population was (and Burlington is very welcoming) had substandard equipment.
"What the fuck is goin' on in Vermont, dude?" was a lot of my experience living there for 8 years. Also, it is a place that is progressive largely because of its homogeneity. Think Scandinavia. Then again, that's only to the extent they actually are progressive. I saw a LOT of Don't Tread on Me, Blue Lives Matter, swastikas painted on barns, "Take back Vermont (this slogan emerged during the equal marriage debates), and even Confederate flags. And the vast majority of my Black and Brown friends genuinely struggle. The racism is deeeeeeeeeeep. It's a beautiful place with lots of fantastic people, but the lumberjack charm has an insider-centric side as well.
I spent the summer of 2015 in Brattleboro. In 10 weeks, I saw/met a dozen non-white people. And at that, 4 of those Black folks were a family at Wal-Mart in Hinsdale, NH. As a born-again Californian, it was disturbing af. Beautiful part of the country, but so white that even the food at the "Chinese" restaurant was entirely bereft of spice. Thank the gods for the Indians having a convenience store where I could get some delicious food!
Bernie Sanders is known as being on the left of US politics, but in Vermont he's considered a centrist. That's how he got elected as an independent, because he got votes from both sides of the aisle.
There are a small handful of towns in the Burlington area (Williston, South Burlington, Shelburne, Colchester, Essex aka what passes for “suburbs” in VT) that have sections that look more like New Jersey than Vermont.
So bummed I missed this, I live about an hour from Burlington. We 100% have black lives matters flags in the middle of nowhere here.
Vermont was one of the Northern states whose economy was less dependent of the slave trade.
MA and NY had ship builders who profited before IMPORTATION of slaves was outlawed in the early 1800's. Cotton mills also profited the North, because the very, very cheap labor of immigrant women and children made American-manufactured cotton cloth competitive with Britain. (I imagine that Burlington had some of those factories.)
What's going on in Vermont? Education, that's what.
Well, it's more the culture than the education. Like all rural America, Vermont has serious problems of poverty and places where education and services are very lacking, similar to southern states. It's just that the culture has never been one of bigotry
Because we were the first to abolish slavery in the 1700s. We sustained ourselves on hard work not forcing others to do it for us. Not too mention we also gave shelter and hiding to the slaves through the underground railroad. All of that said, we are taught about the truths and horrors of slavery in elementary school. For at least the past 50years. THAT is education forming culture.
Don't get me wrong... there are some old timey redneck racist bigots in VT as well. But, they are the minority here.... and I am proud of that.
As a minority, it's nice to find welcoming signs in the woods, instead of strange fruit.
Brave joke. Well done.
Heartbreaking reminder.
definitely.
Amen.
Have never been winded by a simple comment until today.
Rural, agriculture, gun welding mountain people that just happened to be wicked liberal. Just putting up with tourists.
The yoga mat joke is a killer
That joke is goated 🐐
Yeah... that was hilarious!!😂😂
So good 😂💯
@@Miafunfactoryplease stop using the terms GOAT and goated to describe things that are Good, it doesn't mean what you think it means...
That made the whole skit for me.
Vermont sounds lovely.
@@alysiawilliams2139 lol. Go for it! Give them a reason for the signs. You can walk around and point at them and say, "they mean me, specifically."
@@alysiawilliams2139sorry, there's at least one. My best friend from Atlanta moved up there a year ago. He got tired oh heat & humidity & the south in general. My ATL brother from another has been in heaven since moving there. He even loved all the snow.
Vermont IS lovely. Since my mother-in-law died, we don’t go anymore. You should visit. Anything but mud season. 💛
@catmomjewett I plan on it eventually. He is living with friends up there. They're just outside Burlington, I'd love to see it. I drive the Northeast corridor weekly. I'm very familiar with mud season. It seems to coincide with the bug starting season. Stupid mosquitoes with fur coats.
We've actually got some black folks in the Burlington area in recent decades. Somali, Nepali, and Nigerian refugees have settled here. Very few African Americans but some really nice foreign food.
Ah, but Burlington is right on the border and they have easy access to Montreal and it's a university town.
Besides...Burlington is Bernie country.
Yet another reason to move to Vermont!!
@@alysiawilliams2139 Errm, Burlington is almost an hour from the border.
@@mark99k An hour from an international border is quite close when compared to most of the US.
@@mark99k Jacksonville, FL is a two hour drive to Orlando, FL.
I can drive 30 minutes and just be on the other side of Jacksonville.
@@LdyVder Not sure what that has to do with anything. We know Jax is the largest city by area.
That's great advertisment for Vermont.
“Vermont. Rural but liberal”
I was thinking more in terms of "less golfier, more lumberjacky" 😄
Rural & liberal: I like it.
Sounds like heaven to me.
Well maybe hold your horses a bit though….not to burst your bubble but Vermont is really more politically mixed than solidly lefty the way like the west coast is. But hey that’s still notable, Vermont and other rural parts of the northeast like upstate NY and western Mass are probably the only rural places in America that aren’t totally dominated by republicans and conservatives…they just also aren’t quite as liberal as people think either
Vermont is lovely! Only problem with living there is it's hard to get a job that isn't farming or hospitality. Much easier if you have a job where it doesn't matter where you live.
@@MattSlaughtertime to move to vermont
@@CallistaZM Vermont is a very lovely place, but there are also very few jobs, few good health services, lots of drug abuse…the list goes on. It’s the same problems all of rural America has but for some reason people think it’s some beautiful fantasy world
"Golfier" is the adjective we never knew we needed
Totally selling me on Vermont! From a little blueberry in a giant cherry pie in Texas!❤
Warning: it's freaking COLD! Lots of iced-over mountain roads in winter. Great people though.
As a Texan, I would definitely visit in the summer. Be aware, a Vermont summer is going to be very cool compared to Texas. It rarely gets above 80 and then only in the valleys. In the mountains expect 60s and 70s. Can definitely remember a few summer nights it got down to the 30s and 40s. Same if you hike mountains, it's chilly up there.
@@SouthCountyGal thank you!!
@@CallistaZM I’d like to experience a place with like minded people. Texas can feel oppressive (temps have been hovering at 100 to 114 lately) but the political climate is just as hot. And red. Just like to imagine a bluer, cooler climate, for both!
@beckychaney1694 don't blame you one bit. I grew up half in Vermont and half in southern Illinois so I was always back and forth between that northeastern liberal culture and Midwestern conservative Christian. Only thing I preferred about Illinois was the shorter winters lol
Trey is much beloved and appreciated! Brilliant and dear.
Burlington ROCKS! A great little city with a large Ethiopian refugee contingent.
OMG the Ethiopian restaurants they must have.
Rural AND progressive? Sounds like an amazing combo, we need more places like that.
Keeping Vermont weird!!
Vermont is great, except for the heroin needle found in a hotel room in Burlington... but that was only 1 time staying in Vermont.
@kolt4d559 like many rural areas they suffer from poverty and lack of opportunities. You find many of the same problems there you do in southern states just with less bigotry
@@kolt4d559 - Eek!
Vermonters are kickass
I forgot to mention one of the most wonderful things about VT.
Billboards are ILLEGAL.
None anywhere in the state.
Welcome to New England Trey !
Vermont has always been my dream, rural area but like minded progressive people. Plus the temperatures there! ❤❤
We are very tolerant of the people we don't actually have, lol.
Hey now, Winooksi at least has some diversity! Our school is majority minority!
@@taosterlord157 I know there's some non-white people, I was just picking on how rare that is in Vermont, and that we are still an overall tolerant state.
Vermont is the 11th Canadian province. It's just on loan to you guys until y'all become more progressive as a nation. Once that happens, we'd like it back, please.
We need to borrow a few more provinces if that's the goal 😔
It’s gonna be a while.
@@PrydeWater901 when it starts looking like "mad max beyond thunderdome" they might start thinking there's something to this climate change business. But they will still be xenophobic
@klauswigsmith - Can Vt get your Canadian health insurance? Pretty please...😊
Vermont is where Americans can go to seek asylum without needing a passport.
As someone who is a Vermonter, I must caution anyone who isn't familiar with us that you should NEVER under any circumstances say anything bad or negative about our maple syrup. It would be like saying that corn is terrible while in the Midwest States.
Who and why would anyone say anything negative about Vermont's maple syrup?!
@@lynnmartz8739 or Cabot Cheese or Cold Hollow cider or Ben & Jerry's...
We literally have laws against claiming your "maple flavored substance" is real syrup. Seriously, fuck around with the Maple in VT and you'll find out like McDs did!
Since most corn in the midwest is grown for feed or ethanol it IS terrible and not ment for human consumption.
This is wonderful. If Vermont can be rural and liberal, it could happen elsewhere too!
It’s been a well known fact for a long time that Vermont ya know…..think and cares. Bernie sets a fine example as well. Nothing but good vibes every time I drive my tour bus through Vermont. Vermont is the shit if it just wasn’t for that cold part of the year I would move in a flash.
Bernie sets a fine example for that as well... expertly made mittens. Teehee 😁
it's the cold that make people warm towards each other 😊
Legit. That cold part of the year genuinely lasts most of the year - November through April certainly and bookended by some pretty dang chilly October and May days. You're not really out of the woods for possible snow until after mid-May.
Actually, our temperatures have been getting warmer! 😊
As a native New Englander, I gotta say you nailed Burlington, VT , & CT perfectly. Absolutely spot on Trey...
Vermont still remembers what they fought the Civil War for and know they won.
I found a house with a Rebel Rag near Burlington late last year. Had to actively resist the urge to burn that house down.
They replaced it with a "Thin Blue Line" flag pretty quickly, so I think others had the same impulse and let the owner know.
@@taosterlord157So you had to resist the urge to not violently murder an entire household of people?
@@AlfredFJones1776 Please google "hyperbole."
@@AlfredFJones1776"...resist the urge to not..."
Is English even your third or fourth language?
Maybe learn to speak before you try to critique.
Amen! ❤😂
My mom is from Vermont, can confirm your assessment, and oddly enough, as a fellow Tennessean. 😂🤣😂
This guy gets it, the hypocrisy and, now, danger of all things trump.
My husband is from VT. We loved this bit. But, I remember seeing a rebel flag up there, too! And NOT in St. Albans! Love Trae! 💛
Meh, 90% of the time someone Yanks them off the vehicle. Lived next door to a guy in Johnson that hung a rebel flag in his window. Of course, it was overshadowed by the amount of BLM flags everywhere.
If you're that dumb to fly a Confederate flag in one of the most northern states you could get, you couldn't possibly be a credible threat to anyone and you get ignored/ridiculed.
You're hilarity is genius😂😂😂
Rural liberals unite!
Absolutely!
They do, mostly at Unitarian churches.
Dude, I grew up in Cincinnati and lived five years in Salt Lake City…. that is the whitest place I’ve ever been in.
We’d come back to see family at holiday’s and then we’d see all kinds of colors 😂
Seriously, they bought the basketball team from New Orleans so every year they had a “jazz festival”.
It was truly uncomfortable.
😂
The idea of a Jazz Festival in Salt Lake City sounds like a punishment in Dante's Inferno.
@@RaptorJesus hahaha, you knocked it out of the park 😆
When the basketball team and the jazz musicians have to be imported - you know it’s a white town (I’m white just to be clear)😂
@@stardust86x they also underreport all kinds of things.
Like the amount of T bone accidents is astonishing.
The wives are expected to stay home but when the kids grow up they are bored, so the wives turn to drugs.
It’s also the cosmetic surgery capital of America (you’d think that it would be L.A. but the amount of boob jobs in Utah is off the charts).
I won’t comment on their wacky religion aside from this - the founder was murdered by his own followers because he was having sex with all of their wives.
They don’t mention that fact.
I was at this show. It was a killer set.
Speaking truth just back from vacation, in Vermont ❤ THIS
California girl LOVES VT❤❤❤❤❤
The best thing about Vermont is that it not New Hampshire
Aw New Hampshire, if National Lapoon's Vacation Cousin Eddie were a state.
@@tenofivelips My great-Great grandfather was a blacksmith in Vermont in the 1820's. His father got into confrontations with Ethan Allen and his Greenshirts during the Revolutionary War. We would NEVER live in New Hampshire!
VT laughs at NH daily. But I go there to buy my smokes because no tax. Silly NH. Our roads are better. Lol
What’s wrong with New Hampshire in contrast? I am from Georgia and have only ever lived here and out west.
@@MX.Fantastic It's kind of a family joke. See above where our family was looted and terrorized by the Green Shirts and Ethan Allen himself. And look at NH today. Still the conservative state while Vermont is liberal. We are always our history, even if we are ignorant about it
We are a state with lots of contradictions. We are very liberal but Texas thinks our gun laws are just reckless.
It still hurts that I couldn't make your show but on the bright side, I'm glad you're posting excerpts from your time here. If nothing else, it adds to the sting... Hope Burlytown treated you well !
Well now I want to go to Vermont! Love the rural/liberal combo. We’ve got a lot of BLM/Rainbow/Vote Blue signs in our yards where I live too. 💙
Burlington specifically is where you’d want to be! There’s plenty of rural parts of Vermont that aren’t as liberal. It’s much like upstate NY, the cities are liberal but the tiny towns are regressive and northern redneck. I’ve seen far too many confederate flags in these places.
Burlington is wonderful though, one of my favorite cities to visit. Great dining, shopping, and people are friendly. Visit in the fall to see some of the most beautiful foliage in the country and don’t forget to buy some real VT syrup!
Just returned from Vermont from Tallahassee. Ya nailed it Trey.
Bernie is from Vermont Trae. That could be the reason for your confusion!
Isn't he from NY? Brooklyn iirc
@@daemonsca hmmm. He’s been one of Vermonts senators for over 40 years. It took him that long to make his first million. A few years past, he was the only Senator that wasn’t a millionaire. Only did it after the book he and his wife wrote.
@@daemonsca originally yes but he made Vermont his home a long time ago
I’m in a single stoplight village in VT.
Everyone is welcome in our sweet blue state. Everyone is vaxxed with the lowest death rate in the country because here we prefer to die of boredom and obesity. Lol
Trae Is A Wonderful Comedian ‼️ So So FUNNY 😆 😂🤣😂
I almost spit my tea out all over my keyboard over "That's ILLEGAL." Coming from rural Indiana, I thought so, too. I mean, they still use the phrase, "the Coloreds" out here. There's a road that was called "Colored Pike" because Black people owned a farm on it A HUNDRED AND SEVENTY YEARS AGO. Liberal and rural just don't go together in most of America.
I can't believe that I missed your show in Connecticut 😢
You're spending too much time on your sailboat, Preston. 😂
We're looking at moving and I think you just convinced me.
Dude, that first joke fukking Killed me! Scratch that, this whole segment killed.
And don’t most people in Vermont have guns too? A very interesting state
Yup, it's a mountain state, so think West Virginia but with liberals and ski areas
In VT and MN, the guns really ARE for hunting.
I might just have to go there to visit. Born in West Virginia but have been stuck in Texas for toooo many years. Do meat goats do well there? My 'hobby' after retiring.
Fucking HILARIOUS!!!
Very few magats in my village. The one family finally took down the bunting and drumpf 2020 signs and moved last year. New people have cleaned the place up nicely. Whew!
Trey is a god damned treasure!
Killing it as usual, Trae!
And right on cue, your Weekly Skews just popped into my feed: sometimes, "the algorithm" is accidentally useful.
Welcome to New England darling.
If NH and VT secede from the union the license plate would read "Live Free or Whatever."
😂😂😂
My son was born there. Much love to Burlington Vermont.❤
I'm surrounded by Trump voters in my very white (but not as white Burlington) county of NE Pennsylvania. Vermont is sounding very good right now. I wouldn't do too well in Connecticut. I don't know how to speak Golfese.
I wanna go to Burlington when I die. It is a beautiful town.
I have spent the majority of my life in South Carolina. Anywhere from 25% to 50% black, depending on the municipality. I flew up to Maine to spend a week with my spouse's family, and it was quite a surreal experience. There are very, VERY few black people there. It was as white as it gets going up to the New England states.
“Wtf is going on in Vermont?” Bernie. That’s what.
Hey, I'm liberal and rural....there's a lot of us...even outside of Vermont.
I hope to see more and more! ❤❤
I’m a South Carolinian and I spent the summer of 2020 working as a medical traveler in Vermont. I didn’t see a black person for the first three weeks I was there until one afternoon I was standing in line at Rite Aid and a black man walked in the store. I wanted to get out of line and go hug him! 😂😂😂
Dude, seriously. Go to UVM. It's like the Black Stone in the Grand Mosque of Vermont.
I went to Vermont in June and loved it. They have Ben & Jerry’s, a great capital city and Bernie Sanders. I didn’t stop at Burlington. It looks like a great city.
Sir, I have been waiting for what feels like a year for the Dec arkansas show ticket info 😒😅 impatiently waiting on it!
😂😂😂 Trey is BRILLIANT
I was at this show. Nearly cracked my ribs laughing.
Seeing as you travel for work
In those really white places do they just hate the guy that has the darkest tan?
Feel like you could write aa better joke than me there
I was born and raised in Lexington, KY (that blue pearl in the middle of a big red clam) . I grew up (preschool) skating in this city, but SUCKED. In highschool I went to what are basically tall hills with snowmaking machines. I graduated from UK and took a job at the premier resort Stratton VT. Home of Burton and U.S. Open .
i'm not gonna lie, I've loved Burlington every time i've been there lol
As all Southerners of a certain age, I was raised to believe New England Yankees were a special kind of stand-offishly rude. Nothing is further from the truth in my opinion. And Vermont holds a warm place in my memories.
Based on this video, I want to move to Vermont.... Bernie, too!!!
Fucking dead on. As a Massachusetts native I approve this completely. BTW Preston is a town in Connecticut!
That’s right Vermont… rural & liberal! 👏🇺🇸 Hey Trae, love ya like chicken! 🐓
Vermont is another state, "the way life should be" ... with her (less) rural liberal sister, Maine.
In the cities way-out-West, at least, those signs signify "Please don't destroy our business/home, we weren't consulted about your admittedly harsh screwing-over," basically. If I saw one out in the country in Vermont, I wouldn't know how to interpret it either 🤷
In New England we mean, “Let’s have these community values together.” Like literally, I’m just outside of Boston and surrounded by many of those stereotypical white New England churches, many of which are Congregationalist; in other words, we really do think in community terms. Also, when we aren’t trying to build community, we are absolutely trying to lecture people who don’t agree with us - gotta be realistic about myself and my community! 😂
And that connects to why VT is so liberal: much is because hippies from the Boomer generation moved there in the 60s and 70s. It was a pretty divided state for a while but that tension is more settled now as the pre-Boomers have passed away.
As someone who lives in one of those “cities way-out-West” I think it’s more than just “don’t destroy our businesses” but also “as decent humans who may not have had a direct role in screwing you and your ancestors over, we do want to be part of the solution moving forward”.
So glad you've got the road again. You never disappoint! 🫶🏻 see ya again in both Austin and Denver!
Burlington is great, but not perfect. My son graduated from UVM's education program, and he absolutely loved it, except for one thing. He was outraged when he did his student teaching, because the elementary school in the "professional" neighborhood had everything, but the school in the neighborhood where most of the immigrant population was (and Burlington is very welcoming) had substandard equipment.
"What the fuck is goin' on in Vermont, dude?" was a lot of my experience living there for 8 years.
Also, it is a place that is progressive largely because of its homogeneity. Think Scandinavia.
Then again, that's only to the extent they actually are progressive. I saw a LOT of Don't Tread on Me, Blue Lives Matter, swastikas painted on barns, "Take back Vermont (this slogan emerged during the equal marriage debates), and even Confederate flags. And the vast majority of my Black and Brown friends genuinely struggle. The racism is deeeeeeeeeeep. It's a beautiful place with lots of fantastic people, but the lumberjack charm has an insider-centric side as well.
That’s probably why our son loved it. Liberal and rural. He wasn’t super peoply. Lol
I wish I went to see him!! Love Trae!
I spent the summer of 2015 in Brattleboro. In 10 weeks, I saw/met a dozen non-white people. And at that, 4 of those Black folks were a family at Wal-Mart in Hinsdale, NH. As a born-again Californian, it was disturbing af. Beautiful part of the country, but so white that even the food at the "Chinese" restaurant was entirely bereft of spice.
Thank the gods for the Indians having a convenience store where I could get some delicious food!
Why am I only just learning this about Vermont?
Christian Maryweather III on his yacht in CT.
It does seem way up in the Northeast it's just opposite of the norm. Low population yet liberal. It's just not how things usually go
I am from Ct and you are 100% correct. It is truly golfier. People wear golf clothes when they're not golfing.
New subscriber, automatic fan, keep doing what you do
Bernie Sanders is known as being on the left of US politics, but in Vermont he's considered a centrist.
That's how he got elected as an independent, because he got votes from both sides of the aisle.
Bernie is going on in Vermont...but you knew that 😂
There are a small handful of towns in the Burlington area (Williston, South Burlington, Shelburne, Colchester, Essex aka what passes for “suburbs” in VT) that have sections that look more like New Jersey than Vermont.
Pleeeeze come back to Portland, OR
Damn , please tell me you didn't come to Massachusetts yet? That you will be? preferably west of Worcester 😁
Love New England ❤
Thanks Trae, but Maine holds the title of being whitest. Would love it if you came to the Upper Valley. We need entertainment too!
You are freaking amazing seriously lol
Eastern Washington State is so white when black blues players put on a concert on tour, they are the only ones that are black.
I wanna see this gig
Dude. So good at what you do.
Sorry I missed you! Vermont rocks
I need to get my butt to Vermont ❤
This is spot on
Canadians are in Burlington all the time... They may have imported some of the more open and relax attitude.