Thinking of doing a travel assignment in Burlington, VT. Thought?

NedRN · Jul 16, 2015

I've never done an assignment there but I'd like to. Very cool town.

Underthemoonicp6 · Jul 17, 2015

I did an assignment in Middlebury. Unfortunately UVM wasn't posting when I went there but I lived in Burlington and made the commute. Interestingly enough I'm also in Seattle right now. There's a lot of similarities between the cities. If you love the outdoors nature of Seattle with the hiking and parks then you'll get a lot of the same in Burlington. Same thing with good restaurants. All farm to table out there. I was there during the summer and lived on Lake Champlain. Saw the sunrise and sunset over the mountains. It was beautiful. All that being said, I would not go back. 1st off it's VERY small. If you like that about a place then it may not bother you but I like to be in a bigger city with more to do. I feel like I explored everything in a short period of time and then was left without much more to do. I ended up going to Montreal twice because it was more fun. Also Burlington is very much a college town. I believe about 40,000 people and about 9 colleges. The other thing too, the people I met in Burlington were too closed-minded for my taste. I felt like I couldn't talk to anyone without getting discriminatory undertones in their conversation. Maybe I just couldn't seem to meet the right people, but in such a small place there aren't a ton of options. I had really high hopes for Burlington but in the end it was a bit of a letdown. I feel like Burlington is a great place to go vacation. Spend a week and do everything there is to do and then just move on. Just my 2 cents though.

Blur2713 · Jul 18, 2015

I just left there! I worked in psych and loved it. They have low staff to patient ratios. In psych it was 1:3. From October- April they have snow... lots of snow. Thats why I left, I do not like cold weather or snow. Very nice hospital, one of the best I have been to. The staff were friendly and I loved everything about Vermont except the weather!

JCorleyL15 · Jul 19, 2015

Thanks for your input! I have to make a decision by Monday and I'm so torn about it. I always planned on VT for the fall time but don't really know why. Maybe closer to home (MA) and I just love autumn. I'm in Belltown, Seattle right now and don't feel like I've explored too much. I feel like it's hard to make friends here (the Seattle freeze you know). How did you feel getting to know people in VT?