Affordable Country Life 101: A Quick Guide on Living a Rural Life on a Budget

By HowExpert

This book is for city dwellers that wish to move to a rural area and what they will face. It is also for rural residents trying to save money while living in the country.

Who should read this book?:
• Families living in cities that wishes for a rural life in an affordable way
• Low-income rural residents
• Long time country people who want to save money
• Rural new-adults wondering how to live in a rural home

What this book covers:
• Utilities needed in rural areas
• Hunting local game
• How to get cheap dairy products
• Forest dangers
• Rural crafts and entertainment
• Choosing a rural home
• Low cost cleaning
• Neighbors who are near and far
• Rural life and everything to live in the country

Learn to survive in the country. This book covers all aspects of rural living. It is a book that teaches the difference between the small towns, large towns, and wooded areas.
Readers will know which utilities are available in the country. This book also teaches how to navigate the forest without getting lost or injured. Learn about rural neighbors and how to avoid neighborly disputes.
The may reason to reason this How-To book is to save money. Readers will eat at lower costs. They can also find cheaper chores and activities to do.

About the Expert
Deven Shanner has lived in rural Pennsylvania for 26 years. She owns a house that even locals refer to as being in “the middle of nowhere”. She has lived in local small towns and a large town.
Shanner’s family and she have hunted/ gathered food for many of those years. They buy from local farms and farmer’s markets every year. She has hosted two of the local (small town) Carnivals and local picnics.
Every section of this book is from Shanner’s experiences. This is her knowledge and research of rural areas. From basket weaving to rural utilities, she has lived through it all.

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• Language: English
• Publisher: HowExpert
• Release date: Sep 30, 2017
• ISBN: 9781370513147

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Affordable Country Life 101

A Quick Guide on Living a Rural Life on a Budget

HowExpert Press & Deven Shanner

Copyright HowExpert.com

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction to Rural Living

Chapter 2: Basic Utilities Needed to Live in the Country

Chapter 3: Learning the Forest

Chapter 4: How to Eat for Free

Chapter 5: Cleaning with Little Cost

Chapter 6: The Benefits of Local Farms

Chapter 7: The Benefits and Downfalls of Having Neighbors

Chapter 8: Other Country Activates

Chapter 9: Extra Bills When Affordable

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Chapter 1: Introduction to Rural Living

This section of the book is for people who are not used to the rural life and need to choose both where to live as well as understand how their rural will be different from city life. This section is also a great resource to help long time rural residents choose where they want their new home to be. That initial move into a rural area can be the biggest expense of country living.

The Driving Disadvantage

The Importance of Having a Vehicle

Shopping, working, and visiting: all everyday activities requiring a reliable mode of transportation. In the country, a vehicle is the main link an individual has between their home and everything the house needs to run. Maintaining a job without transportation and living in a rural area would be nearly impossible since the majority of people in rural areas have either large or small farms which require hauling feed, hay, and straw.

Imagine carrying multiple grocery bags for over 2 hours. Most of the groceries in that situation would no longer be edible. The arms of the person hauling the groceries would be aching. However, groceries and other necessities still need to make it home. Rural life requires a vehicle.

Minimal Access to Public Transportation

School buses and paramedic services are the only forms of public transportation for small towns and those living in the woods. Even then, some rural homes need to drive their children to meet the school bus.

Larger towns might have a bus line, but it most likely it will only run on certain days and only make a couple stops. These bus lines might connect 1-3 large towns, but only if they are a small distance from each other.

Distance Between Towns

Small towns may be minutes apart by car, but that same distance could take upwards of 10 minutes to travel on foot. Also, the houses in the forests might have a 30 minute walk to reach one of the small towns. The roads in the small towns are paved, but many of the back roads from the houses in the woods to town are made of dirt.

The larger towns can take 15 minutes to drive and hours to travel by foot. Walking these distances is not an issue if done for leisure, but if an individual is walking to a job or shopping, then these distances could be intolerable. These roads are paved and do connect to a highway. Walking on a highway is very dangerous and considered illegal in some states.

The Type of Vehicle Matters

Rural roads are usually not well maintained. These roads may get flooded or piled with snow. The vehicle chosen to for these areas must be dependable and