Sorry, but no. You may only call yourself a honorary Vermonter if you’ve live here for at least 5 years and put up with at least 4 brutally cold winters with a total snow accumulation of 70 inches or more. You may also qualify if you were here for the 1998 Ice Storm even if you were only here for that event, but only if the place you were staying lost power for at least a week and you were forced to take tepid showers in a neighbors bathroom powered by an emergency generator. You may not, at anytime, call yourself a Vermonter if you own a house here but still live most of the year in LA or NYC you are still considered a tourist, sorry. And P.S. we all think you’re pretentious. You may only call yourself a true Vermonter is you were born here and lived here until the age of at least 25 and have spent the majority of your life here. Exceptions are made for individuals who moved here in their young adulthood, but stayed and lived the majority of their lives here, especially if they have done good works for Vermont and are generally good people. A good example is Bernie Sanders or my parents who both came from other states but met here and fell in love. del Pozo isn’t quite there yet but well on his way. So say the gods of the maple tree taps and spring time mud ruts.

[source](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/5fgdf6/the_police_chief_of_my_city/dakegtl/)

[found on/r/GateKeeping](https://www.reddit.com/r/gatekeeping/comments/5u02rm/this_might_explain_why_vermonts_population_is_so/)