Relocating to Mayfield KY (place, visit, diamonds)

[kygman]

Tony, I had a few of the Mayfield Messengers (hometown newspaper) with me but I came back to where we live to get some more things to move to Mayfield. When I get back tomorrow I'll check in the paper about places to rent and see what there is in the work area.

[Mom_of_Five]

Originally Posted by designermama

Our family will possibly be relocating to Mayfield this summer. This is for a job offer. I would like opinions on the schooling there. Specifically, I would like to know what kinds of programs they have available for music and sports. Is there a local Parks and Rec department and if so what programs do they provide?
Also wanting to know if there are many people who would being willing to do a contract for deed type of home purchase? Did not have insurance for a time, while in college, and now do not have the credit to go the traditional route. Will have money for a down payment.
Is there a lot of crime or drugs in your community? Are there many stay at home mothers? Is it hard to find quality (as in safe, I do not expect others to educate my children unless in school or preschool) child care? Speaking of preschools; are there any available? Are there private and public schools available?

We just moved here to Mayfield last November. We are from Indiana, but had lived in Florida for the 18 months prior to coming here. This town is horrible. We have 5 children ranging from 6-17. There are drugs everywhere here, especially in the schools. There have been like 5 murders in this county so far this year. I am a stay at home mom, so I don't really know about jobs. My husband had a job lined up here before we got here. I would never never never move here again and want so badly to leave here, but we entered into a contract to purchase a home. We came from a city of 100,000 plus people, and the people there were less rude than the people here. If you aren't from here, you don't fit in. If you must move to this area, look more to the Benton or Murray area. :-) Hope this helps. (I am NOT overexaggerating!!!)

[Sundance]

Originally Posted by Mom_of_Five

We just moved here to Mayfield last November. We are from Indiana, but had lived in Florida for the 18 months prior to coming here. This town is horrible. We have 5 children ranging from 6-17. There are drugs everywhere here, especially in the schools. There have been like 5 murders in this county so far this year. I am a stay at home mom, so I don't really know about jobs. My husband had a job lined up here before we got here. I would never never never move here again and want so badly to leave here, but we entered into a contract to purchase a home. We came from a city of 100,000 plus people, and the people there were less rude than the people here. If you aren't from here, you don't fit in. If you must move to this area, look more to the Benton or Murraay area. :-) Hope this helps. (I am NOT overexaggerating!!!)

Mayfield used to be a really nice small town, back when my husband was growing up.

Now.......not so much, which is why I advised the OP to live outside of the city limits.

You have my sympathies.....

[kygman]

Mom, we just moved back to Mayfield this weekend. I guess it's because I grew up here but have been looking forward to it. As far as buying on a contract, we were too. We were buying the house we're moving out of and all we had to do was call the people we were buying from. Contract is just rent to own. Hate that we lost our down payment though. Sorry you weren't happy here.

[redwolf fan]

Sorry to hear about Mayfield.

We are retired ( dairy farmers from Minnesota ) and took a trip down there between Christmas and New Years.

(to check out some houses for sale )

We spent 2 days both there and in Fulton looking at houses.
Instead,we rented in Cherokee Village Arkansas and purchased a house a month ago.

I actually liked that area of KY.

[Jerry Louise]

We bought a house in Mayfield and are moving from out of state over the next two weekends.

We have found the people to be really friendly so far and the crime rate is almost non existing according to the records.

Everywhere you move has an adjustment period and that seems like it takes forever to get past. If you are having a hard time finding friends may I suggest getting INVOLVED in community services, like a church, feeding the poor, local shelter, or senior center.
Heck volunteer at your kids school and if the drugs are really that bad, create a program to fight it, rather than do nothing at all.
Talk is cheap, Stand up and make a difference. When people see your true character, then you will make friends.

[kygman]

Welcome to Mayfield, Jerry! Don't know if you have youngsters or not, but come out to the Mayfield/Graves County Miniature Golf and play a round or two sometime. 18 holes for $2! 5-9 PM during the week and 10-9 on Saturday. Truck and tractor pull this weekend, rodeo next weekend. Have you made it to any of the cruise ins downtown? Last one for the year is October 5. If you're not getting the city's newsletter they send to everybody three times a year, call City Hall. Or read it here!
http://www.cityofmayfield.org/Mayfie...pt-Dec2013.pdf

[takarasuz2]

I'm sorry to hear some people are having problems in Mayfield. My husband and I decided to move there, because everyone we spoke with there were so friendly and helpful. We haven't even moved there yet, and have already talked to the Mayor and the Code Enforcement Officer. They couldn't have been nicer to us.

[hogsrus]

With the correct motive, ye can find fault with anything or anyone.

[Teddy52]

In early 2012, we drove from MN to Mayfield KY and Fulton Ky to check out 2 houses we had found on the internet.It didn't work out , so we headed to the Ozarks in Arkansas and bought a house.We like it here in AR, but I am convinced we would have liked it in either Mayfield or Fulton, also.