Dehmunk, I will tell you about my experience trying to move to Vermont.
You will have a HELL of a time finding a job unless you bring a profession with you- Agriculture, forestry, medical, mechanical, and construction trades are desirable. Teaching is too.
Retail and restaurant work, and even resort management postitions, are going to be hard to find as a tourism-based economy founders in this recession. I was up there a decade ago with some college but no degree and found a crappy bartending job and couldn't even get an INTERVIEW at convenience stores because they had a waiting list of applicants already. I worked as an intern at a fish hatchery, which was not a full time year round position- or paid, lol.
LAtely, I have been keeping an eye on the papers for promising jobs. My field is environmental chemistry, and there are some jobs in that, but competitive. There are a lot of manufacturing jobs- if you like factory work, try a paper mill or lumber/millwork company. I assume since you say retail/restaurant you don't have a degree? Manufacturing is going to be more stable when the tourists fail to appear this year. Don't expect to be able to find food service work once the market is flooded with locals who are looking to replace a job at a restaurant or resort which laid them off.

If there is a possibility of going to school for something like nursing or even just a CNA that will let you get an entry level job at a rehab facility or old folks home, that puts you in a more secure place. Brattleboro (in the SE corner of the state) is a really cute and friendly town with a lot of medical offices and hospitals.

Anyway. Good luck.
Oh- it's easy to find green. Look around. They don't call them the Green Mountains for nothing. You want pot? Just plant some.