Moving to Elizabethtown KY (Louisville, Radcliff: apartments, to rent, crime rates)

[Wife73]

My family is relocating to Elizabethtown from Orlando
We are your typical family 2 kids 2 dogs 2 cats. My husband
Is from up state New York and I am from South America
We been in Orlando for 25 years
And we need guidance. Where to live bests school what to
do and what to avoid.
HELP!!

[Peter1948]

Originally Posted by Wife73

My family is relocating to Elizabethtown from Orlando
We are your typical family 2 kids 2 dogs 2 cats. My husband
Is from up state New York and I am from South America
We been in Orlando for 25 years
And we need guidance. Where to live bests school what to
do and what to avoid.
HELP!!

Why not Louisville? Where in Etown?

[Wife73]

Louisville is an option my husband’s job is going to be in aEtown
No sure where to start looking
Any advice?? What area to avoid?

[nullvector]

I lived north of Elizabethtown several years ago, just south of Ft. Knox and I loved the area. Elizabethtown is much smaller than Orlando, and frankly, I saw no bad parts of town there. Lousiville will be your 'go to' for any bigger city needs, but if your Husband will be working there, living there will be fine. Finally, I believe you'll have a considerably lower cost of living than Orlando.

[Peter1948]

Originally Posted by Wife73

Louisville is an option my husband’s job is going to be in aEtown
No sure where to start looking
Any advice?? What area to avoid?

Etown is super nice, no bad parts. Its like a nicer Kissimmee but no tourists.

You may consider Shepherdsville in Louisville 's south suburbs within 5 mins of an I65 exit. Then you are 30 mins to husband work and 30 mins to city amenities.

Get a realtor and look in both areas. Ft Knox and Radcliff are nice but just way too far from commercial stuff you are used to.

If you want a more diverse area, Beechmont in South Louisville is very international

[Oldhag1]

Originally Posted by Peter1948

Etown is super nice, no bad parts. Its like a nicer Kissimmee but no tourists.

You may consider Shepherdsville in Louisville 's south suburbs within 5 mins of an I65 exit. Then you are 30 mins to husband work and 30 mins to city amenities.

Get a realtor and look in both areas. Ft Knox and Radcliff are nice but just way too far from commercial stuff you are used to.

If you want a more diverse area, Beechmont in South Louisville is very international

Elizabethtown is very diverse, as is most of Hardin County, due to Fort Knox. Elizabethtown Independent's high school has consistently been a top ranked school in the state. Hardin County schools are generally good, one of my children graduated from Hardin County, got accepted in a couple of Ivy League schools and ended up taking a full ride to U.K. (University of Kentucky). I would however, not live in the North Hardin pyramid, not just because of the schools (which are still okay but not as good as the schools in other two pyramids) but also because the property values are less stable depending on what is going on with the base. All your normal shopping needs can be met in Hardin County and Louisville is 45 miles away if you need more in-depth shopping or just a taste of the big city.

What I would not do is live in Louisville when work was in Elizabethtown. No way would I trade an easy 10-15 minute commute for an hour or more commute five days a week, just to avoid driving up there a couple of times a month to see a play or ballgame, especially when housing prices and crime rates are lower in Elizabethtown/Hardin County and the cost-of-living is lower. Not only that, even though one of our poster's gets upset every time this is brought up, Jefferson County (Louisville) has one of highest (if not the highest) private school attendance ratios in the nation - we would have been one of those families paying out private school tuition if we had lived there and I even worked for JCPS for a couple of years. I wouldn't live in Shepherdsville either unless I worked there or in Louisville. There is nothing wrong with Louisville, and there are parts that are very charming, but it makes no sense to needlessly subject yourself to a commute.

We had much higher percentage neighbors that worked in Louisville and lived in E'town than my husband had co-workers who lived and Louisville and worked with him. When I worked in Hardin County I had no coworkers that lived in Louisville.

[flashfearless]

Elizabethtown school districts consistently rank high in the state. The community is easily 20% African American. I went to school there I should know. Some of my closest friends are still AA schoolmates.

Only problem is that the school boundary is small. So hard to find much that classified as EIS.

Good luck. I would make Central Hardin high school my #2 choice.

A bit of advice. Etowners won’t go out of their way to reach out to get to know you. But if you reach out to them, you’ll have relationships for life.

[twoplusfive]

Like the OP, my husband has taken a position in Elizabethtown. He is moving ahead of the kids and me at the start of the year and is planning to rent an apartment or small house until the school year is over. Are there apartments we should avoid? Ones we should gravitate to?

I'm hoping his going ahead of us will give us a better idea of preferred areas/neighborhoods for our family. Any insight on that would also be helpful. We have a large family, so we need some outdoor space but still want an opportunity to be connected and get to know our neighbors.

We're moving from a tiny city in VA, so I don't feel like we'll have culture shock, except in housing prices for our family size. (I'm ecstatic there's a Target and Home Depot!)

Any insight on Special Ed in the city schools? I'm spoiled with fantastic relationships with the teachers where we are now, so I'm hoping for a positive adjustment.

Thanks so much!

[AngelaAdkins]

Hi! My family and I are also considering moving to KY. I have two special needs boys, and i am also trying to get some insight into what they offer special education wise. Good luck with everything! ��

[twoplusfive]

Originally Posted by AngelaAdkins

Hi! My family and I are also considering moving to KY. I have two special needs boys, and i am also trying to get some insight into what they offer special education wise. Good luck with everything! ��

I spoke with Hardin Co schools today and they were easy to speak with, gave an overview of their programs, testing requirements, etc. Once we know specifically where we’ll live (it looks like everything we like is just outside the city limits, there’s a very fine line), they said we’ll meet to go over their current IEPs and figure out specific schools. We need all self-contained classrooms, which they have at all the high schools and certain elementary schools.

Good luck with your potential move, my husband just arrived today.