https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13987241/northeastern-state-ravaged-drugs-crime-homelessness.html
The idyllic northeastern state being ravaged
by drugs, crime and homelessness: 'People
don't feel safe'
Daily Mail (UK), by James Reinl
Original Article
Posted By: Imright, 10/26/2024 11:53:13 AM
Residents of Vermont say their famously beautiful, verdant state is increasingly blighted by homelessness, crime, drug addiction and other social problems in its bigger towns and cities. Downtown areas of Burlington and Brattleboro, among other cities, were too dangerous to walk at night, following reports of passers-by being attacked by thugs, locals told DailyMail.com. Some blame the crises on costly social programs in a Democrat-leaning state that has Bernie Sanders as a senator and gave President Joe Biden a 36-point landslide win in 2020.