Frankfort or Bowling Green (Russellville, Scottsville: buy, public school, universities)

[dixiegirl7]

Originally Posted by stx12499

I think JCM1986 gave a very fair, and accurate assessment of BG. He could not have come up with those points without visiting. I have visted many many times on business and pleasure, and can say I agree wholeheartedly. If anything, I think he is being a little nice with his assesment of downtown abd the growth.

I think those pros and cons provide an excellent, if not brief synopsis for both towns. As for BG being close to Nashville, that is great, but Frankfort is less than 30 minutes to the east suburbs of Louisville and west side of Lexington. It is 41 miles to Middletown and 31 miles to downtown Lexington. BG is a solid 55 miles to the north suburbs of Nashville, and even further into downtown and much of the nicer south suburbs where all the best shopping is.

The difference is that in Bowling Green, you will find most of what you need and will not need to go to Nashville whereas in Frankfort you may not.

[dixiegirl7]

Originally Posted by Miami2KY

I lived in BG for 2 years, and just moved out in May, thank God. It has absolutely no history whatsoever. There is nothing to do besides eat at their crappy restaurants, all of which are national chains. There are no good independent restaurants or cafes. I always heard about the city "growing," but I don't know how. This new baseball stadium sounds retarded. There is no way that they will be able to support a minor league team. Frankfort may be smaller, but is much closer to major cities than BG. In my opinion, BG is boring and will probably be going bankrupt soon, once they spend all their money attempting, and failing, to revitalize their downtown. So, yeah, choose Frankfort.

While the baseball venture is questionable even to me (never thought it was a good idea) I don't think Bowling Green is on the road to bankruptcy any time soon. If you were bored in Bowling Green, Frankfort would be even more boring since it is much smaller, less than half the size.

[Leaving_NY]

I will give my opinon as a newcomer to BG and my first impressions. We came down almost 2 months ago due to my husbands job. Our General motors plant is closing and after careful consideration of all the plants we could move to we chose BG and Spring Hill, TN. We waited a long time to get the phone call to move, when it finally came we were apprehensive to say the least. We had spent all of our lives in NY. But I must say that we have not regretted this move at all!

We have found the city of BG to be very nice. Love the downtown area, and my kids have not once uttered the words "I'm Bored." I can't say enough about the parks around here. We love the outdoors and hiking. There are lots of places around here for that. We have been to Mammoth Cave National park and plan to spend a lot of time up there too. My kids have taken to "disc golf" as there new favorite pastime, something we had never heard of in NY. Oh and my dogs LOVE the dog park!

Shopping is great down here, I had to furnish an entire house, as we saw this as an opportunity to start with a clean slate, we left everything behind. This was an easy task to accomplish down here! There are a lot of chain restaurants here. Many that I am not familar with but I have heard about some great local ones too. I agree that there a few older neighborhoods, but overall it seems like a very clean city.

My husband and I think that it is a city that has a country kind of feel. Not like the cities in NY at all. Overall everyone has been nice. Haven't met too many rude people at all. We love the area and could not have asked for a better climate...the weather has been beautiful almost every day since we got here. A huge plus for us!

We are very happy with our move and think the area is great!

[dixiegirl7]

I am so glad you all have enjoyed Bowling Green, Leaving NY. Bowling Green has a lot more to offer than most people think even though it is still a small city.

[kentuckydad95]

You know, this "Boring Green" stuff got me to thinking. It is my easy guess that each town/city thinks their city is boring. The people in Paris, TN think their town is boring and come to Murray. The people in Murray go to Paducah. The people in Paducah go to St Louis or Nashville. And on and on and on. Where does it end??? NYC? Chicago? LA? On a typical night out, what do most people do?

Go to dinner...that is a given.
Go to a movie or sporting event.
Go to a nightclub/bar.

Now I can do all three here in Murray or I can do all three in Nashville. People on this message board have really opened my eyes to alot of things and one thing is for sure. Wherever you are, YOU make it fun or you make it boring. It's all in your mind. If you have Bowling Green set out to be boring, well guess what...it will be.

[stewey]

I agree with kentuckydad95, a place will be what you make it out to be. When I lived in BG and used to drive down to Nashville with some friends every now and then, we would always end up doing the same exact things we would do in BG. That would include eating out, checking out a movie, going to a bar, etc. Granted there was a larger pool to choose from for each of those options in Nashville, but nonetheless a good time is a good time. And I had plenty of good times spent in BG. And I'm not a redneck country bumpkin either, you don't have to be to enjoy BG.

[leonard]

Originally Posted by stewey

I agree with kentuckydad95, a place will be what you make it out to be. When I lived in BG and used to drive down to Nashville with some friends every now and then, we would always end up doing the same exact things we would do in BG. That would include eating out, checking out a movie, going to a bar, etc. Granted there was a larger pool to choose from for each of those options in Nashville, but nonetheless a good time is a good time. And I had plenty of good times spent in BG. And I'm not a redneck country bumpkin either, you don't have to be to enjoy BG.

Yep, the gripes are generally because people can't admit that their being bored, lonely or unhappy is their fault. They gotta blame it on someone or some thing else. The night life, things to do, people, culture, etc, is always "greener" on the other side of the State line.

[rjrehberg]

This is the first time I signed back in to see the feed back. First I'd like to say thank you all. Just like anything it's a varied opinion. That's a good thing. The reason for the move is to start over in everything but career. I love what I do and am fortunite that I can do it from any where. I will be expanding were I move. I've enjoyed Colorado for about 20 years. I'm looking to get away from the rat race and get around people that are real and down to earth. Being raised in Wis.( don’t want to go back because of weather), I appreciate the friendliness of the smaller towns where there seem to be better family values and a closeness I haven't noticed as much in the West. So I'm looking for the move as a single male that wants to enjoy life. Enjoy a laid back atmosphere with good friendly people. Close enough to an airport for traveling to the beaches around the world. I have also considered several places along the coasts, but seem to be attracted to the mountains and a slower enjoyable pace.
Both Frankfort and Bowling Green seem to have a lot to offer. Come Spring I'll have to spend time in both.
Once again, thank you for your help and thoughts.
Life is meant to be lived and enjoyed.
Ron
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[robot.vs.sophie]

I just moved from Bowling Green to Frankfort, after living there for 7 years. Yes, there is the university in Bowling Green, which brings about a nice crowd, however this causes there to be the doors to be continually revolving.. People cycle in and cycle out. Bowling Green has the capacity to be a great city, but really, I would choose Frankfort over Bowling Green.

To break it down: Frankfort's downtown area is much more communal and has more to offer than Bowling Green. Bowling Green's downtown is mostly offices, with a couple of specialty shops and three upscale restaurants (which are all pretty good!). Frankfort, on the other hand, has a functioning bakery, a couple of bars, a wine/liquor shoppe, three or four restaurants.. and they are all local entities!

To go back to the folks in the community... here is someone who is running for city commissioner, I think this gives you a good idea of who lives in Frankfort: selluswilder.com

I assure you, choosing Frankfort over Bowling Green is the wisest choice; and I say this with great clarity.

[censusdata]

I just got back from Bowling Green after spending 3 days there. There is tons of new housing and shopping everywhere, even extending into Logan County. I was thouroughly underwhelmed with Downtown Bowling Green, I seriously think Russellville had a larger "Main Street" area and more historic homes.

I ate at Donita's several times, they had GREAT food at very reasonable prices. I also was surprised at the number of U of L fans I saw everywhere around Bowling Green (and Logan County), there are probably more down there than in the counties surrounding Louisville