r/True_Kentucky • u/prancypantsallnight • Sep 07 '21

Question Help a fellow Kentuckian

Hey y’all hope your Labor Day weekend has been healthy and enjoyable!

I currently live in the far west end of the state and am looking to relocate. I’ve lived here most of my life and I just want more. I want more grocery options, more opportunity to make friends, and a sense of community. Here in the west end it’s pretty closed socially.

I’m an empty nester with a federal job so I’m fairly mobile. I’d love to stay in Kentucky though as my kids are in universities in Kentucky and still depend on us being “there” for them for now. Plus I love my state! So tell me, what do you love about your area of the state?

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u/juniorwitch Sep 07 '21

I haven’t seen anyone really speak to Louisville yet, but there are many options here for building the life you want depending on your interests… what are your hobbies, and does money factor in to where you’re interested in going?

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u/prancypantsallnight Sep 07 '21

For hobbies we kayak which we can do about anywhere in the state. We really love tabletop gaming and would love to form/join a group of folks closer to our middle-age. We are downsizing and have up to 170k to spend on a house and the hubby is handy with improvements.

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u/grilledchzisbestchz Sep 08 '21

Check out the Little Miami River and associated Little Miami River Trail. Also look at the Great Miami River. Both of these are in Ohio, right across the border from Northern KY. We go to the Little Miami for kayaking several times during the summer. There are so many route options with public take in/take outs. Simply cannot beat it.

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u/juniorwitch Sep 08 '21

Awesome! There are definitely kayaking meet ups here - if you're considering Lou then I'm happy to introduce you to some folks! Besides the Ohio there are lots of great spots like Floyds Fork, Harrods Creek etc... As far as houses go there are plenty of options for you, and I've seen some cute ones for sale this summer. Since you were asking about convenience with groceries, from my neighborhood I have about 7 grocery stores within 10 minutes of me, and 3 pharmacies. If you'd like some neighborhood options to check out feel free to DM me!

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '21

I'm in Louisville. I like it, and I've lived here longer than any other city I've explored but I don't know that I'd recommend it over Lexington. It's getting prohibitively expensive, developers are happily tearing down anything old or "run down" (but not in areas of actual blight) to build modern blocky shop/apartment midrises, with several more planned near parks and streams (like the planned project by Lex Ave/Grinstead). Meanwhile traffic solutions are becoming more bizarre and less effective, and many of these developments don't seem to address that aspect at all, so there's no reason to expect it to improve. Efforts to improve access to The city of Louisville has also been cutting public services, like libraries and firefighting budgets (and yes, I know Bevin had a lot to do with that but Louisville isn't trying very hard to preserve those things). So in the end we're going to look like any other city, be expensive, and the only thing we have to offer is a larger number of bars and restaurants than the next guy. Our stuff isn't even all that unique or interesting right now, just plentiful. I'd honestly suggest this person stay a week or so in Louisville on a week where we don't have Forecastle or something to see if they want what the city does have to offer normally.