Moving To A Small Town A Guidebook To Moving From Urban To Rural America

by Levering, Frank; Urbanska, Wanda

• ISBN13: 9780684802237
• ISBN10: 0684802236
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-06-24
• Publisher: Touchstone

Summary

Filled with charts, worksheets, and profiles of folks who've made the move (and love it), Moving to a Small Town is an inspirational guide book dedicated to helping you pinpoint your ideal small town and make your life there work - permanently.

Thinking about leaving the city? Or just wishing you could? You're not alone. America is undergoing a rural renaissance, as countless thousands seek a simpler life and a safe, comfortable community in which to start businesses, raise families, and eventually retire.

Author Biography

In Los Angeles, Wanda Urbanska and Frank Levering were a journalist and screenwriter, respectively, until they moved to an orchard outside Mount Airy, North Carolina (pop. 7,200), in 1986.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Are You Right for Small-Town Life?	p. 14
Scouting a New Location	p. 29
Assessing Your Needs
Conducting a Telephone Search
Town Studies
Economic Conditions/Physical Infrastructure/Institutions
The Civic Infrastructure
Arts and Culture/Quality of Life
"Community Character"
Committing Yourself to a New Place
Recasting Your Career	p. 95
Looking for Work
Small-Town Job-Seeking Strategies
Bringing Your Business with You
Starting Something New
Business, Small-Town Style
Evaluating the Costs	p. 171
Taking Your Financial X Ray
Costs of Small-Town Living
Small-Town Financial Strategies
Making the Move	p. 202
Deciding When to Move
Deciding How to Move
Making a Place for Yourself	p. 263
The Art of Crossing Cultures
Letting Go of the City
Principles of Small-Town Living
How to Behave
You've Arrived!
Acknowledgments	p. 321
Index	p. 323
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