Why Vermonters who leave can’t stay away

This commentary is by Justin Neuman, who is a professor of literary studies at Eugene Lang College, The New School.  Everyone who makes the drive north on Interstate 91 knows the feeling. The chaos of Connecticut, funneled into the inevitable snarl at the hard turn in Springfield, Massachusetts — and then the hills appear, the billboards vanish, the traffic melts away, and you can breathe. You’re home.When I was growing up in Vermont, I looked at the Massachusetts, Connect