There’s no doubt that rural Vermonters are growing tired of the politics of urbanist Vermonters who embrace rapid urbanization as an environmental win. Recent public letters penned by Hannah Burrill and Loralee Tester explaining how Act 181’s zoning maps disproportionately burden rural residents have spread like wildfire. While certainly not a call to arms, these letters hark back to the warning often attributed to Ethan Allen: “The gods of the valleys are not the gods of the hills.” Distant edicts from Montpelier may finally have gone one step too far.

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