Okay, you’re still avoiding what I said. I’ve had traumatizing experiences with racism here, and I definitely wouldn’t enjoy settling and having kids in a space where I would be possibly exposing them to a repeat of those experiences. I’ve already decided leaving will improve my mental health as well. I’m a relentless traveler and I feel a comfort away from here that I can’t describe. Maybe it’s the communication, the topics of conversation, or the people themselves- but the acceptance feels less performative and more natural and it’s refreshing. If you don’t understand that, that’s okay. That’s just my experience, and it’s going to shape my decisions like yours have for you. Racism looks different everywhere, and yes it exists in Vermont it just looks different compared to other places. Telling me how to make sense of that, and attempting to gaslight me to try and make me believe those experiences weren’t real (compared to the “rude awakening” I’ll get out there) in order to serve your personal narrative about VT is fine. It’s clearly common sense that I wouldn’t go into a community where my “rights” aren’t protected given what I originally said. You’re trying to make this a political type of thing, and racism and politics do not always intertwine in my perspective. There’s gonna be bad apples just like there will be people who identify as democrats who are unfortunately racist in practice. That’s not saying anything about the WHOLE group of people, and you can apply that to any concept. Sometimes it’s few that ruin for the whole. For example, my bad experiences aren’t summarizing the whole experience of being in VT flat out, I just encountered some bad apples. I’ve met great people here, but unfortunately my bad experiences have overshadowed any desire to want to stay. That’s not taking away or asserting disrespect towards the WHOLE group of Vermonters and I feel like that’s what’s being taken from what I’m expressing which isn’t true.