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I am 51 and just moved here as well. It is pretty nice. The weather is mild for the most part. The people are super friendly. There are lots of things to do. There are lots of ways to meet people-check out Meetup.com and you will see many clubs depending on your interests. I don't find the traffic as bad as they make it out to be, but I guess that depends on where you are moving from. There are many restaurants, movie theatres, and activities to participate in.
I'd rather deal with Chicago's traffic. At least it takes you somewhere worth going.
Lexington is fairly uninteresting and bland. It's a rehash of every large suburb in America littered with strip malls and failed attempts to attach entertainment to various areas of the city. The only difference is there are a couple of tall buildings in the middle.
If you like being bored, safe, and isolated... it's a great place to be.
As has been said before - repeatedly -life in Lexington, like everywhere else, is what you make of it. If you look for constant passive entertainment which requires nothing of you personally, no doubt you'll be bored. On the other hand, if you look for activities which involve you yourself in some way - be it intellectually, physically, or spiritually - Lexington and Central Kentucky have an abundance.
What do you mean by "being isolated"? Lexington is located at the intersection of Interstates 64 and 75 and is less than two hours' drive from both Cincinnati and Louisville, and within a day's drive of Nashville, St Louis, Indianapolis, Chicago, Atlanta, Knoxville, Birmingham, Chattanooga, Charleston, WVA, Memphis, Cleveland, Detroit and no doubt many other major cities. What is it you're perceiving as "isolation" here?
And why compare Lexington with Chicago, of all places? Both cities have their merits and should be valued for them, rather than criticizing modestly scaled, Heart-of-the-Bluegrass, 225 year old Lexington because it's not an extremely large northern industrial Great Lakes city.
What do you mean by "being isolated"? Lexington is located at the intersection of Interstates 64 and 75 and is less than two hours' drive from both Cincinnati and Louisville, and within a day's drive of Nashville, St Louis, Indianapolis, Chicago, Atlanta, Knoxville, Birmingham, Chattanooga, Charleston, WVA, Memphis, Cleveland, Detroit and no doubt many other major cities. What is it you're perceiving as "isolation" here?
This may be just me but driving 2 hours is not my idea of being close to anything, let along driving a whole day to get somewhere for a visit, and especially given the gas prices these days.
But I think the reference to isolation (its featured in several other posts in the above links) wouldn't occur so much if people felt the city was big enough for their needs to avoid the requirement to travel to other cities.
In this case, I would argue that such people aren't suited to this size city if they feel this way.
TBH, having read many posts on this forum, I don't think Lexington is for me (even though it does have some good aspects) and most likely, it will be much worse for me than where I am now (Raleigh).
I'll keep looking,
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So far, so good
