Small, precious and laconic

Main Street in Danby, Vt.

— Photo by Redjar

Battery Park, overlooking the Burlington Waterfront and Lake Champlain

— Photo by Tania Dey

“All in all, Vermont is a jewel state, small but precious.”

— Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973), Nobel Prize-winning novelist. She lived in Danby, Vt.

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“I don’t have a PR rep. I live in Vermont.”

Colin Trevorrow (born 1976), film director who has lived in Burlington. Vt.

'Vermontiness'

The University of Vermont’s Old Mill building, in Burlington

“In Burlington, I can call anyone anyone and learn from their experience. The degrees of separation are lessened here. There’s a shared Vermontiness.’’

— Marguerite Dibble, founder of Burlington-based GameTheory

View of Lake Champlain and the Adirondacks from the Burlington waterfront