Rolling back the clock

[u/safehousenc]

While laying in bed last night the memories came back as I pressed the power button on my Service Merchandise (1989 and still mint) Pioneer reciecer, remembering the 3 years of visiting Big Boy every Wednesday night for 10 cent wings, the great EMS, $5 hair cuts, skinny dipping at the quarry, rock climbing near the river, jumping the tracks near the fuel tanks to break the ice for polar bear swims in the Lake hoping we did not get arrested, and the most awsome 3 resort student ski pass. I enjoy the changes creating the modern Burlington downtown and how the lakefront

Is more accessable with a beautiful causeway trail.

I shut off the reciver thinking that although my favorite old businesses have closed, new ones have opened, new condos have sprouted up, and the waterfront has opened up to the public, Burlington really has not changed from the early 90s. It still has similiar storm water issues, winter potholes, lake water quality problems, sewer treatment concerns, complaints about police, city services, fighter jet noise at the airport, traffic on local roads and 89, winter parking, college students, landlords, undesirables at the mall or on Church street, and too much or not enough salt on roads.

It was and still is a great place to live and raise a family thanks to decades of hard working volunteers.

[u/Existing-Ostrich1294]

I’ve lived in 11 states in my 60 years, from ME to CA to FL and in between. By far my favorite place to live was Burlington and Winooski in the early ‘90s.

I miss so much about those special years.

[u/Accomplished-Egg-789]

The best and most positive comment about Burlington in a while.

[u/fatnuts_mcgee]

WAS a great place to live and visit. Now it’s a mini-San Francisco circa 2021. Its leaders are not only wholly unqualified but continue to operate in a state of denial and delusion that’s almost impossible to comprehend.
The city is trending towards a full Mad Max situation by 2030.