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Necessary_Cat_4801 t1_j7pwihi wrote

Very telling about VT that most of the comments in here are about how the count isn't accurate and VT's problem isn't really this big. No comments about how we got here or how we get out. VT in a nutshell. Let the down voting commence.

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crazypamplemousse t1_j7qatlo wrote

Agree with you. I work with homeless populations and can tell you that this data absolutely tracks with my lived experience. And for all the people saying the HUD count is inaccurate (which it is), that likely points to the real homeless population being even larger than the count suggests it is - NOT smaller. This is a major problem that folks need to wake up to. Everyone working in my field has been living in a state of crisis for the last year + and I’m glad to see VT Digger acknowledging the problem as it really is.

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Necessary_Cat_4801 t1_j7qel5j wrote

3+ years really.

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crazypamplemousse t1_j7qf2jz wrote

I’ll take your word for it. I just can’t personally speak to more than a year because that’s about how long I’ve been in this field.

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DaddyBobMN OP t1_j7pyzdl wrote

In my time here I've experienced this. I'd do some research on something about Vermont and when the answer, from data and reliable sources, was at odds with what some of my Vermonter friends and neighbors grew up believing they often just dismissed the information.

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Necessary_Cat_4801 t1_j7q0d1b wrote

Anything that paints VT as something other than a liberal utopia welcoming to all is dismissed. The cognitive dissonance of a state that is increasingly exclusive and the desire to be welcoming to everyone is too much for some people.

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Twombls t1_j7r30x9 wrote

They are all in mass denial because nothing can go wrong. We have foliage and maple syrup.

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