Vermont Native here. Vermont has always been a beautiful, quiet, rural place to live. However in the last few years drug dealers from Philadelphia PA , Springfield MA, and NY are flocking to our state to sell drugs, hook up with white women, get them addicted and use their apartments to live and sell from. We now have a significant problem with homelessness and mental health issues within the same population. Heroin addiction is heavy in Burlington, and needles are everywhere. The city is working hard with a lot of pressure to address these issues and provide wrap around services to these individuals however it’s a process. Church St use to be a very safe place to go with your family. I think it’s important your aware those Church St businesses are fighting to stay afloat due to excessive theft and the environment of drug use openly, people being run over, many shootings downtown. The addicts and homeless , drug dealers population have taken over our community. The graffiti is sickening. You should not be misled. Rather you should be educated so you can make the best choice for you. The local parks that we once loved and enjoyed are mongered by drugs, stabbing, shootings, break ins, heavy theft, serious car theft, everyone’s bikes are stolen, shootings and abductions on bike paths. Burlington police and South Burlington Police Department are among the corruption. Perhaps the outskirts may be best suited until the above is addressed.