Louisville vs New Orleans (development, metro, best, state)
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Stop feeling inferior to larger cities such as Nashville and Cincinnati, and establish more of a business friendly can do attitude. Louisville is more mature in its arts, and appears to be more progressive in its cultural awareness than the other two. Louisville should make every effort to showcase its arts, culinary, and horse culture. Those are the things that stand out to me versus some of the other cities its size.
A prudent thing to keep in mind, citiesits size - especially if comparing Louisville to a city like Cincinnati. Bourbon, horses and the width of the Ohio River, yes.
A prudent thing to keep in mind, citiesits size - especially if comparing Louisville to a city like Cincinnati. Bourbon, horses and the width of the Ohio River, yes.
Cincinnati is larger. I was referring to metro areas around its size. New Orleans is the exception to the rule in terms of maturity, especially in arts, culture, and branding. It meets or exceeds some cities twice its size in those areas. I think Louisville can go head to head with Cincy in terms of things to do.
People make the strangest comparisons on this forum, lol. I like both cities but they are nothing alike.
I haven't been but I do not agree at all. Louisville has many shotgun homes, home to bourbon, has an urban street grid, was a big city decades ago, is a river city, etc. All of those attributes are shared with New Orleans.
I drew many comparisons to New Orleans when I visited Chicago. They are nowhere near the same but share many important cultural attributes. The same is likely true for Louisville.
I haven't been but I do not agree at all. Louisville has many shotgun homes, home to bourbon, has an urban street grid, was a big city decades ago, is a river city, etc. All of those attributes are shared with New Orleans.
I drew many comparisons to New Orleans when I visited Chicago. They are nowhere near the same but share many important cultural attributes. The same is likely true for Louisville.
Spot on!
My question is more, how does Louisville attain the level of national "status" as a go to tourist spot that the Big Easy is.
Louisville has a lot of the same attributes, and Louisville's (re) development is in its infancy.
For those of you who don't understand how big bourbon is, you are in for a HUGE surprise.
For example, festivals like this are getting announced al the time. This is from a S. California promoter (who fell in love with Louisville)in on some of the biggest festivals like South by Southwest, etc:
Louisville has been, and will always be, a top 50 convention destination, and that number will double when 11 new downtown hotels, 23 total other hotels, and the new convention center opens.
7-8 buildings is a "large skyline?" Louisville's skyline doesn't even come close to NOLA's.
Louisville has a small skyline and compares with smaller cities like Des Moines.
NOLA blows away Louisville in every way.
One is a cosmopolitan city with deep culture, architecture and tremendous hhistory (NOLA) and the other is a small, average city (Lvll).
7-8 buildings is a "large skyline?" Louisville's skyline doesn't even come close to NOLA's.
Louisville has a small skyline and compares with smaller cities like Des Moines.
NOLA blows away Louisville in every way.
One is a cosmopolitan city with deep culture, architecture and tremendous hhistory (NOLA) and the other is a small, average city (Lvll).
Louisville and NOLA are about the same size so if the former is small, so is the latter.
Louisville also has notable culture, architecture, and history. It just hasn't had the tourism component to go along with it historically.
Actually I think Kentucky is a very evocative state and is underrated in that respect.
Louisville is a nice weekend visit with the Slugger museum, the kid's museum downtown, Churchill Downs and a couple of other attractions, and has a very good food scene, but it doesn't compare to the nightlife and culture offered by N.O. The N.O. music scene is obviously one of the best in the country, runs all night (along with the alcohol), has its own famous cuisine, and is a huge destination for artists. It's very dense while Louisville feels very suburban outside its core. I mean you can point to a few things on a list that make them similar but when you visit they're nothing alike.
Louisville is a nice weekend visit with the Slugger museum, the kid's museum downtown, Churchill Downs and a couple of other attractions, and has a very good food scene, but it doesn't compare to the nightlife and culture offered by N.O. The N.O. music scene is obviously one of the best in the country, runs all night (along with the alcohol), has its own famous cuisine, and is a huge destination for artists. It's very dense while Louisville feels very suburban outside its core. I mean you can point to a few things on a list that make them similar but when you visit they're nothing alike.
Funny because many people consider NO to be suburban outside it's core.
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