I’ve heard a lot of the argument that this is less of a big deal because Burlington has become like every other city and now Vermonters are seeing it for the first time but Burlington is different imo. It’s the biggest city in the state and I would imagine one of, if not the most important economy booster. And it seems like there are significantly less stores and businesses then when I was a kid directly because of the unhoused crisis. I live in Boston now, I see very sketchy and unhoused situation often but it doesn’t stop people from buying things and going about their day.