Louisville perception (Lexington, Bowling Green, Bardstown: homebuyer, pre-k, tax)

[BNEAT0001]

I may also be because most of the state pulls for uk and not louisville or that the arcitecture is better in the vil I don't know the exact reason but ther is some sort of resintment expesally in lexington. Bye the way I'm a UK student but a Louisville fan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[basinstblues]

A good way to think of Louisville is of a sizable "small town", though one in which most people seem to prefer living in the suburbs to downtown. Also, for years, the best and brightest left for Chicago, etc. The result...the people generally are not the smartest, most attractive, or most interesting. I'm referring to the regular folk, not the redneck kaintock 50-cent-wannabe crowd, which are a whole 'nother story. Louisville people are B's and C's at best; these are not A quality people. You can tell the difference between the people when you walk through downtown Louisville and contrast that to the people you see when walking through downtown Chicago, San Francisco, New Orleans, etc. That said, like in a small town, people are fairly friendly, reasonable, reliable, and honest. Louisvillians don't rock the boat or make a scene. So, you basically have a middle-of-the-road mentality, with nothing too exciting or too frustrating. I'm stunned that anyone really loves to live here. It's not a city that has that kind of distinct character. Life is okay here. There are enough cultural things to do, parks are good, real estate slowly appreciates, and people from around the country/world are beginning to move here. A more diverse populace and one that has actually lived elsewhere ought to improve Louisville. Anyone moving here now would be foolish to buy a house more than 5 miles away from downtown. That's where the movement locally/nationally is going with real estate. In another 10 years, downtown is going to be transformed and suburban sprawlville is going to be increasingly undesirable.

[basinstblues]

Also, one must realize the inherent conservatism (even among Democrats) in Louisville due to being across the river from Indiana (enough said), in a state with many dry counties, junk food corporations Yum Brands (Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, KFC, etc)/Poppa John's/etc being based here, and the sports/church mentality. Let's just say that it doesn't take much to be progressive in Louisville. That said, there are people doing good things and it does seem to be changing for the better.

[censusdata]

Originally Posted by basinstblues

Anyone moving here now would be foolish to buy a house more than 5 miles away from downtown. That's where the movement locally/nationally is going with real estate. In another 10 years, downtown is going to be transformed and suburban sprawlville is going to be increasingly undesirable.

Louisville already has great urban neighborhoods just to the east Downtown - the Highlands and Crescent Hill are already too expensive for most home owners.

People can laugh at me, but I'll say it again: Portland is going to be the next Louisville neighborhood to emerge into prominence. It has great architecture, a good park system, a strong sense of community, and offers the easiest route into downtown for commuters.

Portland Avenue is going to be the next Frankfort Ave/ Baxter Ave. Like those roads, P-Ave began as a toll pike in the 1800s and features tons of storefronts. Even in its present state, it has a nice 'downtown' area near 26th Street with several restaurants and hardware stores.

Two of the largest park projects in the city are happening in Portland. The Portland Wharf Park is going to be a better version of Waterfront Phase I. There is also going to be a giant 'Great Lawn West' added just north of the Warehouse District.

I have sources inside City Hall that say a deal is close to being done to add a gigantic natural history museum (bigger than Cincinnati's) in the Warehouse District

[missymomof3]

Originally Posted by basinstblues

Also, one must realize the inherent conservatism (even among Democrats) in Louisville due to being across the river from Indiana (enough said), in a state with many dry counties, junk food corporations Yum Brands (Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, KFC, etc)/Poppa John's/etc being based here, and the sports/church mentality. Let's just say that it doesn't take much to be progressive in Louisville. That said, there are people doing good things and it does seem to be changing for the better.

I don't understand what this has to do with Indiana. Indiana, as far as I know, doesn't have dry counties. If you don't like Louisville or Kentucky for that matter you are more than free to leave.

[missymomof3]

Originally Posted by censusdata

Louisville already has great urban neighborhoods just to the east Downtown - the Highlands and Crescent Hill are already too expensive for most home owners.

People can laugh at me, but I'll say it again: Portland is going to be the next Louisville neighborhood to emerge into prominence. It has great architecture, a good park system, a strong sense of community, and offers the easiest route into downtown for commuters.

Portland Avenue is going to be the next Frankfort Ave/ Baxter Ave. Like those roads, P-Ave began as a toll pike in the 1800s and features tons of storefronts. Even in its present state, it has a nice 'downtown' area near 26th Street with several restaurants and hardware stores.

Two of the largest park projects in the city are happening in Portland. The Portland Wharf Park is going to be a better version of Waterfront Phase I. There is also going to be a giant 'Great Lawn West' added just north of the Warehouse District.

I have sources inside City Hall that say a deal is close to being done to add a gigantic natural history museum (bigger than Cincinnati's) in the Warehouse District

I hope you are right. I hate to see historic areas just crumble and die.

[rnc76]

Originally Posted by basinstblues

Louisville people are B's and C's at best; these are not A quality people.

I am almost in disbelief that someone would write that. I would give you an F just for rating the quality of people. How pompous.

[missymomof3]

Originally Posted by rnc76

I am almost in disbelief that someone would write that. I would give you an F just for rating the quality of people. How pompous.

Things like this is what makes me more and more resentful of transplants. I know not everyone is like that but it makes it hard to feel that way when you get posts like this. Go back to where ya came from if you don't like it here!

[stx12499]

Originally Posted by missymomof3

Things like this is what makes me more and more resentful of transplants. I know not everyone is like that but it makes it hard to feel that way when you get posts like this. Go back to where ya came from if you don't like it here!

Just ignore anyone that just joins to bash a city in his first two posts. I could erase them but it is not worth it. By the way, this "small" city has 1.3 million in its metro and is a top 40 city any way you slice it.

[southernky]

Well, Louisville and the Lexington area recieve nearly all of the funding for tourism in kentucky, and the people who grew up outside of these places resent this sometimes when they are raised to appreciate the beauty of nature around us. Louisville is a beautiful southern river city, with stately old mansions, magnolias, and giant river cane along its creeks, but many of us in the state, I believe, have been raised to think that people from the city turn their nose up at small town tradition and nature, not to mention southern values. With the way media has always attacked southerners, Louisvillians have had there border as a scapegoat, and the young generations raised there seem more and more inclined to opt for the more commercially accepted persona of midwestern, than "redneck" southern (especially true as this red government has exploited working class ignorance). This is true in many cities and towns of Kentucky of any considerable size as well, but add to that Louisville is a major metro area, and we have more incentive to think that people from the city are in some way trying to escape their own culture, while staying put, as crazy as that sounds. Outside of towns you find a kentucky full of traditional southern charm and an environment typical of the south with gorgeous, giant oaks, cane along every creek, southern pines, sweetgums, cypress, and many other natural images that one would instantly think of when one thinks of the south. Kentucky is one of the few states left with a larger rural population than urban statistically, and when all attention from current media is focused on these islands in a sea of natural beauty, we kentuckians feel betrayed by the people we've chosen to represent us. There are many people who fit negative stereotypes here, but there are more who work with the progressive nature of the New South towards a better place to live, all the while clasping the flora and fauna that originally instilled this great sense of regional pride in our hearts. So Louisville seems a world away from us, but is what people know us for, causing resentment and alienation towards its inhabitants.