why are people not moving into kentucky? (Louisville, Covington: how much, house)

[bcfarmlady]

Thanks you Floridahater. We've been planning this for several years and are very excited about it finally coming to fruition !! You will find a place soon... I know it !!!

[LouisvilleJake]

And when I think of high quality of life, you know what I think of? Thousands of new residents daily, crumbling infrastructure, poor schools, and a real estate market with a bottom that just keeps falling lower!

Oh yes! It's good to be Florida right now!

[Unique Gal]

Originally Posted by dumpstermcnuggets

To answer ajohnson's question, I believe the reason he initally suspected what he did was that he probably looked at data somewhere that measures population growth/decline for ALL areas of Kentucky. If you do that, of course you might get a wrong impression that Kentucky is in decline, since I believe the only areas of Kentucky that might be struggling to 'tread water' and/or declining, population-wise, are areas in rural parts of the state(particularly eastern KY, and possibly certain counties in the southern and far-western portions of the state), and away from major cities. BTW, so noone rips me on this, I'm definately aware that there are areas in eastern KY, and in the far-west part of the state, that are at the same time, on a population upswing(Ashland/Boyd County, Murray/Cadiz/anywhere in the general 'Land Between the Lakes' area of KY/TN, Paducah, etc.).

And there's no doubt to me that overall(plus since I've traveled to KY throughout my entire life, myself), while there still are a minority of areas/counties in decline, there are a greater number of areas in KY that are booming in population right now. Without a doubt to me, KY's population overall is on the upswing. All you have to do is look at housing values, population data, etc., to see what I mean. Examples of boom areas that I mean include the greater Louisville area(and including nearby areas, such as Shelby and Oldham Counties), the 'Northern KY' area south of Cincy(generally defined as anywhere within Boone, Kenton, and Campbell counties), Elizabethtown, and Bowling Green. I wouldn't be surprised if there were other KY areas I missed that are also on the upswing, too, but I don't have the time to list all of them.

I hope you didn't get too much of a wrong impression of KY, ajohnson, and give KY a more thorough look. Not to mention, there are areas within KY that work for anyone's taste, whether they want a very populated area, a suburban-like area, or a rural one. Good luck to you in your search! (and coming from someone who still has KY very high on my list of places I'm considering moving to in the next 3-5 years, after I graduate college).

I was born and raised up in Ky. There are many good qualities in Ky as well as bad. I was raised in pulaski county, and feel its a wonderful place to live. Some of the Eastern Ky areas aren't as great, however, the people there are wonderful folks. The things I love most about Pulaski county and Somerset is the wonderful southern hospitality of the people there, the decent low prices on food, clothing, and gas. We also have a nice community college, nice malls and shopping centers, theatres, lots of entertainment for children, and some of the best churches and scools.
I have lived in several states and have been living in BC Canada for the past two years. Being here, has made me realize how good I did have it there.
Being here, and having to pay for my health care, the extremely high cost of houses, gas, food and clothes, not having the same good southern hospitality I had in Somerset. I could just keep naming the reasons my little hometown is great.
Being away from home for the past two years and having Thanksgiving here in Canada in October instead of Nov. and hoping to be back home for Christmas.
I just wanted to tell all of you, sometimes a person don't appreciate a good thing when they have it, until they are in a different part of the world that is so different, and alot more costly.
I do hope you find a place you will be happy living. I plan to - right back in Somerset.

[Floridahater]

Originally Posted by Unique Gal

I was born and raised up in Ky. There are many good qualities in Ky as well as bad. I was raised in pulaski county, and feel its a wonderful place to live. Some of the Eastern Ky areas aren't as great, however, the people there are wonderful folks. The things I love most about Pulaski county and Somerset is the wonderful southern hospitality of the people there, the decent low prices on food, clothing, and gas. We also have a nice community college, nice malls and shopping centers, theatres, lots of entertainment for children, and some of the best churches and scools.
I have lived in several states and have been living in BC Canada for the past two years. Being here, has made me realize how good I did have it there.
Being here, and having to pay for my health care, the extremely high cost of houses, gas, food and clothes, not having the same good southern hospitality I had in Somerset. I could just keep naming the reasons my little hometown is great.
Being away from home for the past two years and having Thanksgiving here in Canada in October instead of Nov. and hoping to be back home for Christmas.
I just wanted to tell all of you, sometimes a person don't appreciate a good thing when they have it, until they are in a different part of the world that is so different, and alot more costly.
I do hope you find a place you will be happy living. I plan to - right back in Somerset.

Amen! Canada is wonderful to a certain extent, but I'm with you on this one!

[Unique Gal]

Originally Posted by Floridahater

Amen! Canada is wonderful to a certain extent, but I'm with you on this one!

When I came here to Canada in 2005, I was under the impression that the winters here were very mild. The winter of 2005 was mild. In fact, I wore a sweater to keep warm that winter. However, the winter of 2006, shocked me and everyone on this island. We had over a foot of snow, which I loved. Everyone in my subdivision noticed I drove in the snow and ice. Having my cherokee jeep here came in very handy. And everyone was so impressed when I drove them to the grocery store and to Dr's appointments. The city of Victoria had sold all their snow plow equiptment, but my trustworthy jeep got me around great. This morning we awoke to find snow pouring down. The weather reporters expect up to 15-25 centimeters of snow by tomorrow. The strong winds make it feel alot colder than the 2 deg centegrade- 30 deg fahrenheit. Trying to get use to the centegrade thing and the grams and all is harder than I realized.
These people here seem terrified of driving and very few are out on the streets. They just aren't use to this type of weather.
Me, I was concerned I would never again see snow when coming here, and now this. I love it. But I still miss Ky, and hope to get back there to a beautiful white Christmas. All the beutiful white Christmases I've had back home in Ky was so appreciated. And everyone I knew back there had a real Christmas tree. Here, it's only the artificial ones. I miss that. And, last year, I didn't hear of people out singing Chrismas carols. Back home, in Somerset, chrismas carroling at the nursing homes and certain subdivisons was a big thing at Christmas time.

[esya]

I have been looking for a smaller place with a more local independent vibe, which I thought might be in Oregon. I saw an article about the Kentucky debate about funding education and thought I'd log in here.
Folks, if you want chains and shopping, you can go many places in the country.--drive or fly there and shop. It is getting harder and harder to escape corporate ownership of our land, our lives, and our ethics. I applaud you for keeping your independence.

The quality of life you all seem to value, the safety for your kids, the personal relationships, disappear with chains and corporations. You don't know what you are really asking for. If you don't believe me come visit Denver and see what has happened to it--it's just another LA wanna be.

[Floridahater]

Originally Posted by esya

I have been looking for a smaller place with a more local independent vibe, which I thought might be in Oregon. I saw an article about the Kentucky debate about funding education and thought I'd log in here.
Folks, if you want chains and shopping, you can go many places in the country.--drive or fly there and shop. It is getting harder and harder to escape corporate ownership of our land, our lives, and our ethics. I applaud you for keeping your independence.

The quality of life you all seem to value, the safety for your kids, the personal relationships, disappear with chains and corporations. You don't know what you are really asking for. If you don't believe me come visit Denver and see what has happened to it--it's just another LA wanna be.

Yep! I lived in the Springs for a short period of time after residing in S.CA for many years and the entire front range is becoming another overcrowded LA (complete with illegals). It's just the same old same old. As I have written over and over again, there are very few areas to "flee" to at this point in time. It's really sad.

[Tracy Wilson]

Originally Posted by ajohnson56

Hi, I'm doing a little research, because I live in california, but need to move out!! this state is way too expensive and the housing market in insane, I noticed beautiful affordable homes in northern kuntucky (florence area) but while doing research i notice that in the past couple years the population as a whole (the state) is declining? why is that? why are people leaving? is there something I should know?

I have lived in Kentucky my whole life and certainly have nothing to complain about. I have traveled many places and had the opportunity to watch many friends and family members leave and always come back or look forward to the day they can. Certainly, life in Kentucky is a little simple as compared to some places but without a doubt a GREAT place to live and raise a family. I live in Central Kentucky in a awesome town called Danville. Centre College and many other great places to appreciate. I do not know what you are looking for when you consider the place you want to call home. But make sure you look at the whole state. Kentucky is very deversified with what it has to offer and just about every 100 miles you can see new terrain and new surroundings. Take in the whole state before you decide and enjoy every minute. I love it here and certainly hope you do too!

[LeaveWI]

Hi all- I can't wait to be able to come and live in the Louisville area If only I could get a job lined up first. I'm trying. As me name implies, I've got to get out of WI. This frigid,
, overpriced, snob infested wind tunnel has finally gotten to me. I'm beginning to see that people don;t live here, they exist. KY seems to have all that I am looking for, and am working hard to be a Kentuckian soon. Can't wait to join you all!

[gb lady]

LeaveWI:

What part of Wisconsin do you live in? Yes, the winters can be cold and that's why I'm leaving in June. Overpriced? I've done a lot of research and home prices in Kentucky and Wisconsin are very comparable, depending on city size. Snobs? Not any more than any other place. Now, if you live in Milwaukee, I can understand why you'd want to leave. I live in Green Bay and I think it's a great place to live -- just too cold and snowy. From the looks of things this year, Mother Nature wants to give me one last good dose of the white stuff before I leave.