Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the snobbiest of them all?

Vermonters love to brag about their state — and why wouldn’t they? This place has the quaintest little towns, the greenest mountains, the tastiest craft beers, the stinkiest (in a good way) cheeses, the most kick-ass quality of life. As if that weren’t enough to qualify us as the most righteous of all states, Vermont was recently rated No. 1 in sexual health.

So we were psyched to discover this hilarious tumblr on our Facebook feed this morning: NoseUp Vermont. In it, voters are asked to pit 32 Vermont towns against one another to determine which is the biggest snob. 

“For years the residents of the Green Mountain State have touted their superiority to all others — healthiest, smartest, greenest, beeriest,” writes the “prestigious and highly secretive” NoseUp crew. “But the question remained, who rules Vermont? Finally, we shall settle the age-old debate and determine what town looks down upon all others in Vermont.”

In the first round, Middlebury destroyed North Hero in the Farm Division. Burlington edged out Killington by a measly 7 percentage points in the City Division. The mysterious Guildhall was obliterated (we’d say unfairly, since who’s ever heard of Guildhall?) by Stowe in the Mountain Division. And Manchester wiped the floor with Brattleboro in the Southern Division.

It’s unclear whether you’re supposed to vote for the town you genuinely think is the best (making you, the voter, the snob), or the snobby town you think would consider itself the best.

Whatever. It’s all in good fun. 

Cast your vote here before Round 2 ends on May 27. And keep up with race on Facebook and Twitter.

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Megan James began writing for Seven Days in 2010, first as Associate Arts Editor. She later became an editor for Seven Days' monthly parenting magazine, Kids VT, and is currently a freelance contributor.

7 replies on “The Snobbiest Town in Vermont”

  3. I dunno Craig, I think Woodstock can give Stowe a run for it’s money . . . and there’s plenty of money in both to run for!!!!

  4. Dear Seven Days,
    Jeffersonville is not a town. I accompany the village of Jeffersonville in my gorgeous town limits.
    Take note.
    Lovingly,
    Cambridge

  5. Which is probably pretty snobby for us to even tell you. So maybe we should’ve beaten Montpelier in that one.

  7. I don’t appreciate this dehumanizing, generalizing, polarizing “contest”. To the contrary, I don’t think that there is anything for all of us, we Vermont’s people, to gain.
    Lets look to individual Vermonters that we can hold up and cheer for.

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