Tessa Duvall Louisville Courier Journal Published 10:43 PM EDT Apr 16, 2019 BURKESVILLE, Ky. – Just off a bend in the Cumberland River stands a weathered tobacco barn whose split and slivered planks have gone missing piece by piece. Lois "Nan" Coffey, 95, points in exasperation with her tobacco pole cane at the gaping holes and absent barn doors that have left the structure stripped bare in places, like a skeleton with bones missing. The barn is where her late husband, J.D. Coffey, a mechanic and reluctant farmer, once helped the family cure tobacco four-tiers high, and the breeze still carries remnants of the burley's dry, earthy scent. Nan can't be sure how long those missing planks and doors have been gone – the doors had been stored inside the barn for years – but she knows what happened to them: Thieves stole them. In fact, her family called the county sheriff, placed a notice in the weekly Cumberland County News and put up … [Read more...] about Kentucky barn wood stolen for ‘Fixer Upper’ farmhouse style home decor
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Americans can live on less than $50,000 a year in these 10 cities
Many Americans struggle to make ends meet, but for those willing to live outside of the nation's largest cities it is possible to find a simpler way of life. A new report by GoBankingRates has crunched the numbers to identify the top cities where it's possible to live – comfortably – on less than $50,000 a year. Researchers calculated their results by using the 50/30/20 ratio, in which half of a person's income covers necessities, 30 percent goes toward discretionary items and 20 percent is for savings. Experts and the personal finance site factored in the cost of rent, groceries, utilities, transportation and health care under the 'necessities' category and then doubled the cost for every city to obtain the total income needed for each. This map illustrates the annual income needed in each of the top 10 most affordable cities in America Using that calculation, Springfield, Missouri ranked first in the nation on affordability, thanks in part to a low median rent of $495 a … [Read more...] about Americans can live on less than $50,000 a year in these 10 cities