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12-16-2008, 11:42 PM
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Chillaxin' with a great city view
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Metropolitan Cincinnati as of June '09
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Originally Posted by tomocox
Not much. They are all what they are. Henderson, O'boro & Paducah are river towns. The river influenced what each of those towns were, are and will be. Bowling Green was a college town until I-65 and Corvettes, and Hoptown is a problem town as only Louisville has more crime.
Actually, most of us in Western Kentucky never thought that much about BG, it was there. Many of us went to school there and before KY Kingdom there was Beech Bend Park.
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I second that, mostly. It's mostly not like west Ky., but shares a few small WKY traits.
People from western Ky. consider B.G. part of southcentral Ky. People fron eastern Ky., on the other hand, just consider B.G. part of western Ky. It just depends on perspective.
Bowling Green is not a coal-storied town like Madisonville, Central City, or Providence. It's not a former boom town on the river like Owensboro or Paducah. There is a lot of corn, wheat, soy, and cattle in rural Warren Co. immediately outside of the City of B.G. But, B.G. has more of a "suburbany/exurbany" feel due to its steady growth and proximity to Nashville. Got all that? 
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01-22-2009, 04:45 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: On the Ohio River in Western, KY
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Originally Posted by tomocox
Dang.... who'd ever dreamed it, Calhoun on a list? Wow.... I grew up there.
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My thoughts exactly!
But I grew up in Sacramento, lol. |
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01-22-2009, 10:50 AM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Far Western KY
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Originally Posted by tomocox
Naw... no wonder you are upset about Owensboro. Moonlite is a tourist spot, most regulars have found other better BBQ. Everyone in town knows that Moonlite is for Democrats while Old Hickory is the GOP hangout.
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Correct that's because it's all talk and you get there and it's like ... this is it?
Moonlite IMHO is highly overrated, I grew up in Handerson and it was overrated 30 years ago and still is today. I always have friend that want to go there because of the "talk" but they to get there and say "this is it ... whats the big deal?"
So yeah it's political ... it's all hype but fails to deliver. |
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01-22-2009, 06:59 PM
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Location: On the Ohio River in Western, KY
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Originally Posted by Davart
Correct that's because it's all talk and you get there and it's like ... this is it?
Moonlite IMHO is highly overrated, I grew up in Handerson and it was overrated 30 years ago and still is today. I always have friend that want to go there because of the "talk" but they to get there and say "this is it ... whats the big deal?"
So yeah it's political ... it's all hype but fails to deliver.
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You are OUT of your mind, rofl!
But I will forgive you, you must have been raised on either Thompson's or Peak Brothers or Wolf's.
Moonlite is great BBQ, and the ONLY place I know of to get good mutton. Sure places here in Hendo have mutton, but they don't know how to cook it right.
And Moonlite is THE ONLY place to get good burgoo, IMO. |
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03-17-2009, 12:32 PM
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Location: Owensboro, KY
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If the people in O'boro were willing to elect progressive leaders it would actually be a great place. I know the city is boring and the people are fake backcountry folks. I am moving out of state in July. But there is more to the city than meets the eye. It does have more of a community feel than BG.Also, BG is not in western Kentucky. It's in central KY. The main reason people in the eastern and central parts of the state think BG is in western Kentucky is that they think the western border of the state is I-65. They don't care about any part of Kentucky west of that line. Even though I'm an Owensboroan, I'm more focused on BG being overrated than O'boro being underrated. Admit it folks, if it weren't for WKU and I-65, Bowling Green would still exist but it would just be a forgotten village surrounded by farmland.
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03-17-2009, 01:04 PM
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Location: michigan
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how about eastern KY cities?  anyone? |
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04-22-2009, 12:03 PM
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Location: Owensboro, KY
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There's more to KY than just the East!!!
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04-22-2009, 04:33 PM
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most under-rated ?
London, Somerset, and Glasgow
most over-rated ?----Hopkinsville
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04-22-2009, 07:07 PM
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No, the other London
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: KY
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Originally Posted by marmac
most under-rated ?
London, Somerset, and Glasgow
most over-rated ?----Hopkinsville
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London and Somerset are not exactly underrated. Many think of it as nice areas of the state. |
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04-22-2009, 07:23 PM
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Location: pleasure ridge park, ky
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pikeville is very underrated in my opinion. i was very impressed while driving through there this past summer. i loved it!
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