Comments on: Move to a rural area

By: credit crunched

credit crunched — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 12:17:31 +0000

That’s my dream, to live somewhere away from the city. Just got to stay in the rat race long enough till I’ve got enough saved to make the move.

By: Link Round-Up: November 18, 2008 | Debt Zone

Link Round-Up: November 18, 2008 | Debt Zone — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 18:52:38 +0000

[...] Move to a Rural Area – Gather Little by Little suggests moving to a rural area to save money. His suggestion really resonated with me since I’ve wanted to move out and get some land for quite a while now. Turns out GLBL Guy has actually done it — and is now enjoying some considerable savings. [...]

By: Matt @ SF

Matt @ SF — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 02:40:26 +0000

I found gas and food expenses to be higher in rural areas. I would estimate this is due to a lower number of selling volume, but I suppose it’s all dependent upon where you moved from and where you ended up.

By: » November Link Love - No Recession Posts # The Shark Investor

» November Link Love - No Recession Posts # The Shark Investor — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 15:59:33 +0000

[...] Gather Little By Little has a cool frugal idea – you can move to a rural area. [...]

By: Weekly Round Up — Green Panda Treehouse

Weekly Round Up — Green Panda Treehouse — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 18:34:00 +0000

[...] Move to a rural area [...]

By: Nicki

Nicki — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:58:56 +0000

I also live in a rural area and find the same thing … we spend less money here. We used to live just outside a larger city and we were constantly spending money on entertainment or just going shopping for something to do. Our life here is simpler, quieter and yes … less expensive. Thanks for the insight

By: Matt @ My Financial Recovery.net

Matt @ My Financial Recovery.net — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:39:51 +0000

I moved back home to rural VT not too long ago. Costs are down but I always forget how far away everything can be as well. Gas prices are not much lower if at all and a lot of the stores I go to are over in NH. I just try to limit trips to save on gas (plus I work from home, bonus).
I think that if I was single I would see the savings really add up. Adjusting to living with my girlfriend and two kids makes it seem more expensive to me than Denver was.

By: nonesuch

nonesuch — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:51:36 +0000

If you haven’t done so already, I recommend you do a little reading on septic tank and well maintenance. You may want to create a well/septic savings account and put some money in it for when the day comes that you need to get work done on either. I’m not saying it’ll happen in one year or 15 years but you never know and those are some big ticket items that can drain your bank account very fast.

By: jeflin

jeflin — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:51:34 +0000

I am going rural too, have to get used to the day when the world has no oil and everything goes back to Stone Age.

By: No Debt Plan

No Debt Plan — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 04:20:59 +0000

Interesting point about the water well. I’m not familiar with how that works — could you ever run out?