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00:00 Intro
00:43 Working Partners with the Land
01:46 Brattleboro History & Layout
03:08 Nearby Nature
04:09 How To Develop, Housing Crisis
05:40 Definitely a Small Town
06:45 Good Food :)
07:47 What Gives Character?
09:13 Compact Size = Proximity
09:52 Proximity, Interdependence, Closeness
12:04 Town Meeting
13:17 Cutting Onions While Editing
15:00 Your Town?
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YouTube Comments - 822 Comments
Top Comments of this video!! :3
Do the most improved town next. I want to see how it's possible to make progress.
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A little sad that it is so unique. Nearly every small & medium town would’ve been designed and laid out a lot like Brattleboro 100 years ago. Amazing that it kept its character the last several decades! So many towns and neighborhoods did not…
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Let's go, Vermont content!! Many Vermont towns still have core dense downtown areas and haven't suburbanized very much. Brattleboro is a lovely place!
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This is what the world needs! Dense rural towns where it's a short walk to get into the woods and nature. The best of both worlds.
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I really like the insight that Abraham had about having to intentionally set plans to meet up with friends. But in smaller more cohesive communities, you're able to use happenstance to reconnect with acquaintances in the flesh, even if for only a few minutes.
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The train station was briefly shown in this video but Brattleboro is also served by free fixed route buses. They're pretty limited in headways and operating hours but its more than can be said about most of rural North America
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I am a Vermonter. Most Vermont towns have a strong, vital downtown. Most shops are owned by local entities and you don’t see a ton of big box stores in Vermont. There are far more factors then I am aware of, but it makes for a very different type of town that you find in Vermont.
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With a bit of work on their streets, they could easily become a car-light community. I believe the Dutch call it "autoluew". Less space devoted to cars, narrower lanes, complexity in the streets, traffic calming, less curbside parking and good bicycle infrastructure. It's not that you're not allowed to drive. It's that other modes of transit aren't treated as second-class.
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I didn't see an interview with someone who lives in an apartment building/condo. We should hear how those people feel about what they have access to.
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I've been to Brattleboro a few times and it is a lovely place. I just don't understand how the cost of living wouldn't be a part of this video if you want to give people the complete picture. It is extremely expensive to live there as well as many other parts of Vermont. No mention of real estate prices, taxes, price of goods? So many viewers would probably never be able to even think of affording a home there.
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I don't think I've ever been as tempted to move somewhere as you showed Brattleboro. Beautiful buildings and a good density town that cuts off because people just "don't want to spread".. sounds right for me!
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I pass through Brattleboro regularly, and it was one of the first places in Vermont I ever visited. Makes me love the fact I left the suburban hell of SoCal for rural New England.
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Vermont has the second largest rate per capita of HOMELESSNESS! There aren't any rentals (studio is now $2,000). There is a .4% (less than 1%) vacancy rate. Brattleboro is experiencing one of the worst homelessness crises in the state. If you want to buy? Good luck finding a property. Our real estate rates have risen dramatically since the pandemic. The average price for a home: $408,000 (if you can find it). This video was made before the statewide flooding in July. Finding a rental is virtually impossible.
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This is how the suburbs should have been built
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As a region, New England has by far the best urbanism. So many beautiful small towns around that are a treat to discover and explore
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I think a lot of New England towns have the benefit of their town core maturing before the suburban sprawl starting in the 50s, but a lot fell into new sprawled developments during that time, which creates a weird disconnect where many town residents live outside downtown, work in another suburb, and rarely go downtown. Brattleboro is a truly unique case and encouraging to see.
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This is so crazy to see as someone who’s from the uk I can think of about 20 villages within 40 minutes drive of me exactly like this I had no idea America was so different outside the big cities
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Has any economist applied the idea of the Resource Curse to land? It seems like having limited land forces towns to use land wisely, and this over time turns out to be a good thing.
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I'm not american, I don't even live in the US, but still I was brought to tears of joy over the beautiful way of living in Brattleboro compared to the otherwise so common sub-urban sprawl in America. I really believe this is the best way for humans to live: smaller cities with tight-knit communities, land use that is efficient and respectful of nature, and access to local produce. What else could you possibly need?
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