rural living

Effective Networking in a One-Horse Town

Posted 2 weeks 1 hour ago by Linsey Knerl

Career and Income, Entrepreneurship, Career Building

Whether you freelance, run a small business, or just need some good, solid contacts for future career opportunities, networking can be the difference between being successful and barely making it. So what do you do when you’re living and working from Small Town, USA (population 1800)?

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Rural living in a world with expensive fuel

Posted 5 weeks 2 days ago by Philip Brewer

Frugal Living, Lifestyle, Cars and Transportation

Rising fuel costs are hard on everybody, but one group gets hit especially hard: Rural folks--especially rural folks who work in town. On my previous posts on expensive fuel, commenters have said that, even after doing all the stuff I talked about, they still can't make ends meet. They've got a point.

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Plumas County: Hidden (Cheaper) California

Posted 18 weeks 2 days ago by Margaret Garcia-Couoh

Real Estate and Housing

Are you stuck on the coast paying a big mortgage on a tiny property? Do your kids spend more time with their daycare provider than with you? Do you worry that they've never seen a real tree or animal? Do you sit in traffic more than 20 minutes a day? If you said yes to any of that and wished you could have said no, then maybe it's time to start thinking about relocating to rural California...

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