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View submission: Three Palestinian students shot and wounded in Burlington, Vermont, police say
I lived here from 2008-2012. Back then, the huge uproar was that a lot of Somalian immigrants were coming to Burlington. Shootings were happening, a lot of people stopped going to the popular "North Beach" in Burlington because a lot of the Somalian immigrants started going there, etc. Still lot of racism. Then pretty much every other town in the state is very republican, to the point I saw swastika regalia for sale at flea markets around Rutland.
It doesn't seem like this stuff could happen in the land of Bernie Sanders, Ben and Jerry's and covered bridges (and admittedly it may not nearly as frequently as other places) but there are still issues over there.
Comment by oliveoilgarlic at 26/11/2023 at 18:56 UTC
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I was there for five years, moved away last summer, that sounds about right. Once there was a shooting in my neighborhood and a guy down the street kept yelling about it being bc of immigrants and the shooter turned out to be a white crack dealer from Albany
Comment by Vitalstatistix at 26/11/2023 at 21:32 UTC
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While that may be true, there’s literally ~15 murders per year in the entire state. I think people are really overstating the crime and racism there.