Never lived there. The program was a low-residency one. At the beginning and end of each semester you would spend two weeks in an intense (and I mean INTENSE) time of writing, attending/giving lectures, meeting with your supervising writers, discussing works with other students, etc. Then you would go home and write like mad, sharing your work and discussing writing with your supervising writer for the semester.

So I guess I did live in Vermont for about 4 weeks a year for a couple of years. :-) In Montpelier.