kentucky natives.... tell the truth!!! (Lexington, Louisville: housing, rent, job)

[Davart]

Originally Posted by censusdata

There is descent construction market in the London-Somerset area, has it is experiencing moderate population growth. It is still a lot less wealthy than Upstate KY (Lou, Lex, NKY), but then again the cost of living is a lot less. A 4 bedroom house down there might cost $40,000.

County Growth from 2000-2006
Laurel 8.1%, added 4,264 people
Pulaski 6.3%, added 3,532 people
Whitley 6.3%, added 2,277 people

Here are the school test scores for the Tri City area:
Laurel (overall 82.2) courier-journal.com»Kentucky CATS scores»Louisville, KY
Pulaski (overall 82.6) courier-journal.com»Kentucky CATS scores»Louisville, KY
Whitley (overall 86.2) courier-journal.com»Kentucky CATS scores»Louisville, KY

This make me wonder why (far) Western KY is so underrated

The over all in my 3 county area is

Graves 96.6
McCracken 94.4
Marshall 91.1

The school my kids went to scored 112.1 not to shabby.

Yet our growth over here is neutral to negative in most areas.

[kygman]

Davart, you think we may be too far from the "triangle"?

[censusdata]

Originally Posted by kygman

Davart, you think we may be too far from the "triangle"?

That's a good question. Western KY does good on test scores, poverty, and income, and yet has only 1 county (Warren) which really has strong growth.
London growing faster than Owensboro, Paducah, Henderson, or Hopkinsville really doesn't make sense.

[censusdata]

Originally Posted by mass_family

well i had been building houses for the last 10 yrs and is what i enjoy doing. but a year ago i got into the roofers union because the work was a little more reliable. the company i work for does all industrial and commercial roofing which is mainly flat roofs. rubber, hot tar and sarnafil (which is a plastic material) are the types we works with. while building houses i did everything from framing to finish work, shingling, siding, flooring etc. so i do have a few options given the options are available to me.

The reason I asked is that I don't thank there are many non residential roofing jobs in that area. My uncles usually commuted to Chicago, Indianapolis, or Louisville to find work. I have a cousin from Russell County who does steel work (installing steel beams in new buildings) and he also has to commute long distances for his job

[mass_family]

well thats ok because id really like to get back into what i like doing, which is building homes. so once we get down there or even before we go, ill be looking into that end of construction. so as long as homes are being built or remodeled, i should be all set for work.

[censusdata]

Originally Posted by mass_family

well thats ok because id really like to get back into what i like doing, which is building homes. so once we get down there or even before we go, ill be looking into that end of construction. so as long as homes are being built or remodeled, i should be all set for work.

That's good, because there is still a lot of new home construction through that area. There are a lot of people who are moving down there from Ohio and Illinois to retire, because the land is so cheap and it has a very rural feel.
One of my uncles who did industrial roofing in Chicago now builds houses part time.

I have another uncle (my family is huge - my mom & dad both had 9 siblings) who has a small house (2 bedrooms) for sale on ~3 acres with a barn. I think he is asking $45,000 or less.

[mass_family]

thats exactly what we are looking for. we dont need anything fancy or extravogant. now this is near columbia your talking about?

[censusdata]

The small house with 3 acres is 9 miles East of Russell Springs and 20 miles West of Somerset along KY Route 80. It's actually in Southern Casey County

Here are some pictures of the areas adjoining the property

It sits just to the left of the road


The driveway is where the truck is parked

[mass_family]

i love those small back roads. thats something we very rarely see here. it looks like the perfect setting for us to be honest!

[Davart]

Originally Posted by censusdata

That's a good question. Western KY does good on test scores, poverty, and income, and yet has only 1 county (Warren) which really has strong growth.
London growing faster than Owensboro, Paducah, Henderson, or Hopkinsville really doesn't make sense.

IMHO Warren Co is central KY it is beyond me why Western U is there, I live over 3 hours west of Western ... now that is western KY.