Which of Kentucky's largest metros do you prefer, not prefer to live in? Why? (Lexington: restaurants, cost of living)

[InLondon]

Originally Posted by jcm1986

I couldn't disagree more, frankly. I can meet ten friendly, well-mannered people in Houston for every one such person I meet in Lexington.

Lexington is also unique in that it has un-Godly urban sprawl proportional to its population and urban "core" (what little it has.)

Oh please, look at Houston's horrible sprawl would you?? That is real sprawl.

[cincyUK]

Originally Posted by Louisvilleslugger

Just think about Northern Kentucky. It's one of the fastest growing areas of the state. Who do you think are populating these Suburban counties South of Cincinnati?... Probably people from Cincinnati or...Yankees.

Dude, get serious... if you're going to call NKY/cincy the midwest you've got to call Louisville the midwest too and vice versa. It's the same thing. Neither is solidly the south, but neither is solidly the midwest either... it's a little bit of a mix. Deal with it, it is what it is. Either way, you're not really a yankee... trust me, take a trip farther up (NYC) and you'll see.

Don't be insecure about your location on the border and try to pick on the next city up the river- give me a break.

[EclecticEars]

Originally Posted by InLondon

Oh please, look at Houston's horrible sprawl would you?? That is real sprawl.

You're right, Houston does have more real sprawl in terms of raw people, dwellings, and businesses. That's b/c Houston has always been a much larger city than many and has plenty of flat land to spread out on.

Houston, since the 1930s, has had a well-developed urban core inside what's today I-610 and in the uptown portion of west Houston. Suburbia really spread from there. So, commensurate to the geographic size and population of this urban core, Houston's sprawl isn't as great as Lexington's (percentage-wise of both criteria, mind you.)

Lexington has a tiny urban core not much bigger than downtown London, KY, surrounded by many small town-like subdivisions slowly built through the 1950s. Lexington's sprawl didn't really begin until the 1960s, but it sure exploded when it did. Really, Lexington's carbon footprint per resident is MUCH greater than Houston's.

I'll drop it now since I don't want to turn this into an environmental issues thread.

[missymomof3]

Originally Posted by Robocops Uncle

Were bordered by a cooler city, get over it..

Hey now lol

[KYcoyote]

Ye mean Lexington bein the worst or best example of citification run amuk?

[EclecticEars]

Originally Posted by KYcoyote

Ye mean Lexington bein the worst or best example of citification run amuk?

Well, one of the worst, anyway. Oklahoma City and Tulsa are worse respective to the sizes of their urban cores, but that's probably it.

[crawdad]

Elizabethtown is not at metropolitan area. It is a micropolitan area. Metropolitan areas must have a principal city with more than 50,000. The order of size of metros should be. This is not my choice to live in however.

1. Cincy
2. Louisville
3. Lexington
4. Evansville/Owensboro/Henderson
5. Huntington/Ashland
6. Clarksville/Hopkinsville
6. Bowling Green

Micropolitan Areas

8. Frankfort
9. Paducah
10. Elizabethtown

[missymomof3]

Originally Posted by crawdad

Elizabethtown is not at metropolitan area. It is a micropolitan area. Metropolitan areas must have a principal city with more than 50,000. The order of size of metros should be. This is not my choice to live in however.

1. Cincy
2. Louisville
3. Lexington
4. Evansville/Owensboro/Henderson
5. Huntington/Ashland
6. Clarksville/Hopkinsville
6. Bowling Green

Micropolitan Areas

8. Frankfort
9. Paducah
10. Elizabethtown

I like your user name

[kentuckydad95]

Sorry, but Hopkinsville should be taken off the metro's list. There is ALOT of farm land between Hoptown and C'ville. Plus the only one who benefits is C'ville.

[censusdata]

Originally Posted by crawdad

Elizabethtown is not at metropolitan area. It is a micropolitan area. Metropolitan areas must have a principal city with more than 50,000. The order of size of metros should be. This is not my choice to live in however.

The rules for that were laxed in 2003 when the census estimates and many metro areas were redid. They basically moved all areas that were close to metro status (town of 50,000 or county of 100,000) into metro areas. In KY that included E-town (Hardin & LaRue Cos) and Bowling Green (Warren & Edmonson Cos)

The Louisville Metro Area increased by nearly 200,000 after 7 new counties were added.