Comments on: The Simple Dollar Weekly Roundup: Your Money Matters Interview Edition

By: Barb

Barb — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 22:19:18 +0000

You should really stop linking to “The Happiness Project”. When I click on your link to it I briefly see the title page of the article linked to, then it is replaced with a ‘buy my book’ page from which there is no obvious exit to actually read the article. Not the first time this has happened to me with this unattractive site. I also tried going to the website link instead of the article link, same result. “Happiness Project” is nothing but an ad for the book and it does not reflect well on you.

By: Kevin@OutOfYourRut

Kevin@OutOfYourRut — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 23:23:12 +0000

Johanna (3) – Hence the presentation of both sides of the relocation picture in the post. Much of what you wrote is true, some of it I addressed in the post. Relocating isn’t a cure all for everyone, and the finer points have to be considered.

By: valleycat1

valleycat1 — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:53:26 +0000

I agree with bethh – the story doesn’t match up with Trent’s description.

By: Crystal

Crystal — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 16:55:02 +0000

I’m really keeping up with Frugal Dad’s emergency series. Nice pick!

By: Johanna

Johanna — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 16:52:31 +0000

Some thoughts on relocating to cut costs:

– If moving to a lower-cost area means taking a big salary cut, you might actually be better off in a higher-cost area. This is especially true if you’re living far below your means.

– Areas that are “low cost” according to the official measures might not be so low cost for you, depending on your lifestyle and how you spend your money. Some things (e.g., health foods, international plane tickets) cost more in rural areas than in urban ones. Other things (e.g., pretty much anything ordered online) cost the same. And of course, if it works for you to go without a car when there’s good public transportation, that makes a big difference as well.

– Relocation itself can be very expensive, in terms of both money and time. If you’re relocating purely for financial reasons, make sure you’ll be saving enouch money to recoup that investment in a reasonable amount of time.

By: bethh

bethh — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 16:45:04 +0000

I’m a little confused about one of your links to one of your articles. You said: Be Where Your Customers Are Many businesses fail simply because they assume their customer base knows about them. Often, they don’t, and here’s a perfect example of a business failing because they failed to reach their target customers (me, in this case).

As far as I can tell, the article isn’t at all about a business that failed, never mind because it couldn’t reach you.

By: Kevin@OutOfYourRut

Kevin@OutOfYourRut — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 15:57:16 +0000

Trent – Thanks for the mention on “Should You Relocate to Cut Costs & Decrease Living Expenses?” (on Fiscal Geek).

This is one where I tried to look at both sides of the concept, having made such a move myself.

Regards,
Kevin

By: Derek Cormier

Derek Cormier — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 15:54:15 +0000

Good day… :)

I mentioned your blog in my post “Around the Web in 80 days-blogs”

Here is a direct link:
http://www.dereksdiscourse.com/2010/08/around-web-in-80-days-blogs.html

Have a terrific day, and keep up the amazing work.

-derek-