It IS a great place to live! Spent several years at Pinkham Notch (base of Mt. Washington in northern NH). Skiied the Connecticut lakes area winter and hiked the AT sections in the summer. Trout fishing can't be beat! Lake Champlain has some BIG walleyes but not from personal experience :(. My wife and I always joke that Vermont is where old hikers go to retire...because the Green Mts are a bit easier on the back going up and the knees coming down! Enjoy...green with envy back here  :)