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    Becoming A Flatlander: The 10 Weirdest Culture Shocks Of Moving From Chicago To Vermont

    If you grew up near Chicago—like I did—then you know that when you’re looking at colleges, everyone pretty much expects the same thing; Big 10 schools like Indiana, Michigan State, and the University of Illinois are practically magnets for Chicago high-schoolers. No one would bat an eye if someone said they applied to those schools. But you should have seen the looks I got when I told people I applied to the University of Vermont. To Chicagoans, Vermont is like a half-forgotten, mysterious world whose greatest exports are maple syrup and Bernie Sanders.

    1. There is no flat. There is only uphill and downhill

    2. Things burn down here . . . for real

    3. Soft-serve is wrong

    4. Umm . . . do you even know where “the south” is?

    5. Extreme politeness makes walking through doors an ordeal

    6. Wicked

    7. Everything is maple flavored

    8. So. Much. White.

    9. Bernie is Vermont's messiah

    10. The Airports