L'ville population-what happened (Lexington, Louisville, Franklin: transplants, high crime, job market)

[JefferyT]

What's going on in Shively, PRP, St Dennis, Buechel, and Okolona is that middle class White residents are leaving in droves for new developments off the Gene Snyder and also to Bullitt and Spencer Counties

Modern day white flight. Are the blacks moving into Okolona from Newburg, or is it becoming more latino?

[stx12499]

Originally Posted by JefferyT

Modern day white flight. Are the blacks moving into Okolona from Newburg, or is it becoming more latino?

Okolona is heavily latino

[missymomof3]

Originally Posted by stx12499

Okolona is heavily latino

Preston hwy is very hispanic nowdays.

[bw87a]

Originally Posted by missymomof3

Where ya headed?

downtown or btown rd

[missymomof3]

Originally Posted by bw87a

downtown or btown rd

That'll be fun for a single person

[citybilly]

Originally Posted by stx12499

Okolona is heavily latino

After watching what happened to California, I wonder why Ky is allowing illegals to proliferate? The white folks in Los Angeles have fled their neighborhoods over and over, for decades, and finally had no place left to go but into the ocean. Now they are heading to other states and finding it's happening all over. Those who will think I am a racist, or exaggerating, will have to deal with it sooner or later. Is everyone clueless, or what?

[censusdata]

A quietly developing story is the trouble the new merger Louisville is having gaining population. Estimates show it added only a a few thousand people since 2000, barely more than small towns like Berea or Nicholasville

Although unlikely, IF the new Louisville lost a large amount of population and Lexington gained a lot, Lexington possibly could take the top spot again. I don't think fitting 556,000 people in Fayette Co is going to happen, but 400,000 could happen. If the new Louisville begins losing like the old city has watch out.

If the old city had just maintained it's peak population (370,000), it would still be well ahead of Lexington.

[JefferyT]

Here is an interesting site hosted by a Charlotte NC newspaper that tracks migration from county to county based on IRS data, not census projects. Its an aggregate of moves from 2000-2005.

County Migration 2000-2005

According to this they estimate a net out migration of 10,967 from Jefferson County

Top out-migration destinations:
Bullitt, KY 15,520
Oldham, KY 8,905
Clark, IN 6,877
Floyd, IN 4,012
Shelby, KY 3,768
Spencer, KY 2,891
Hardin, KY 2,780
Nelson, KY 2,503
Fayette, KY 2,308
Meade, KY 2,120

Top in-migration sources:
Bullitt, KY 9,384
Oldham, KY 5,522
Clark, IN 5,322
Hardin, KY 3,616
Fayette, KY 3,415
Floyd, IN 3,183
Shelby, KY 2,409
Meade, KY 1,567
Nelson, KY 1,566
Cook, IL 1,312

[censusdata]

So Louisville had a net positive immigration gain with Fayette by 1,000+? I never would have guessed that

[missymomof3]

Originally Posted by censusdata

So Louisville had a net positive immigration gain with Fayette by 1,000+? I never would have guessed that

Isn't Louisville cheaper than Lexington? Could that be a reason?