Where are America’s unhealthiest grocery shoppers?

Posted by chica with issues under health and wellness issues

Forbes has an interesting article on America’s unhealthiest grocery shoppers that I read today. Before even reading it I suspected that a lot of southern US cities would make the list. After spending most of my life living in the South I would not have been surprised if ALL of the cities were southern US [...]

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Carnival love

Posted by chica with issues under general issues

Many thanks to Daily Finance and Marketting News for including me in this week’s Carnival of Personal Finance. Be sure to check out The Carnival of Personal Finance #166: Around the World of Commodities!

There are lots of great articles this week. Here are a few that caught my eye:

Lost Money: How Money Drains Add Up [...]

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Are small towns really cheaper than cities?

Posted by chica with issues under money issues

When I stayed with my relatives, I was about an hour’s drive from the nearest city. For me that was awful. I grew up in a town about 25 miles from the city. But I moved to a city as soon as I turned 18 and have alwas lived in a city since then. I [...]

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Small towns vs cities - is the cost of living really that low?

Posted by chica with issues under money issues

I grew up in a fairly small town. As soon as I graduated high school, I left for college in the city. And I have lived in a city ever since. When I was staying with my relatives I was in a small town.
A lot of people say that they choose to live in a [...]

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Selling on eBay since their recent changes

Posted by chica with issues under general issues

Not that long ago eBay made some changes for sellers. One of the changes involved the feedback system.
For some reason, eBay made it so that sellers can ONLY leave positive feedback.
In my experience this has been rather horrible. I have been selling stuff to get rid of clutter. And I have had a lot of [...]

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