Lexington, ky (London: sales, home sales, construction)

[EclecticEars]

Originally Posted by censusdata

To me Lexington is more of a small city (like Chattanooga, Toledo, Akron) that happens to have the state's largest university rather that being a large college town. Not that UK isn't a major part of the city, but to me Lex is nothing like true college towns such as Charlottesville or Gainesville. Outside of UK Lexington has the state's 2nd largest mall and largest shopping center, 2 major hospitals, and tons of office parks. The state capitol & all its high paying jobs are only 20 miles away.

Louisville has a totally different feel to it. To me it feels like a mini Baltimore with lots of great historic neighborhoods and parks, a great waterfront, and lots of slums, and a moderatly good economy if you have a college degree - it is a very tough market to get a job in service or manufactoring. The city limits has lost ONE THIRD of its population since 1970 (county and metro have grown) so the infrastructure is way overbuilt in the older areas, meaning traffic flow is great. In Lex it takes 15 minutes to go through 2 lights near UK, in Lou you can get from U of L's campus to Bardstown Road (a 4 mile trip) in 15 minutes

Spot on.

[debthenotary]

Hi
We are thinking about relocating to Lexington. Is is a good place to live (ie: allot of crime)? Also,which area's should we look for a house and which area's should we stay away from. Is there an outside lexington area that would be better. My husband is being transfered, we don't mind a small commute if another close by area is better. Also my daughter will be attending a university, which do you recommend?

[timelesschild]

What is your housing budget? For what size house? Where is your husband's job?

Lexington is about as safe as anywhere on earth. Seriously. It has several colleges/universities, including University of Kentucky and Transylvania University.

[xxmagex]

Originally Posted by debthenotary

Hi
We are thinking about relocating to Lexington. Is is a good place to live (ie: allot of crime)? Also,which area's should we look for a house and which area's should we stay away from. Is there an outside lexington area that would be better. My husband is being transfered, we don't mind a small commute if another close by area is better. Also my daughter will be attending a university, which do you recommend?

Lex is a good place to live. Can't really help you as to which neighborhoods to live in without more information. As to your daughter attending university- what is her preference as to large versus small university. There are several of both kinds within easy driving distances. Also, does she have post gradute plans, that would impact which school she should go to.

[InLondon]

Originally Posted by debthenotary

Hi
We are thinking about relocating to Lexington. Is is a good place to live (ie: allot of crime)? Also,which area's should we look for a house and which area's should we stay away from. Is there an outside lexington area that would be better. My husband is being transfered, we don't mind a small commute if another close by area is better. Also my daughter will be attending a university, which do you recommend?

Lexington is a great place to live. Some areas to avoid are on the Northside of town. The Masterson Station neighborhood is on the Northside but it's a nice area with cheaper homes. These type of homes would cost a bit more anywhere else in town. Most restaurants and shopping centers are on the Southside. The Hamburg area is really popular and offers a variety of housing (apts, condo's, townhomes, single family homes etc) and it's close to everything, except the University of Kentucky. I assume that's the university you're referring to.

[LEXpert]

Give us a price range and whether you want an old or new house! Lex is pretty safe, so unless you will be looking in the under $100,000 price range, you shouldn't have to even make that an issue.

[easydoesit]

Originally Posted by teebird1012

Check out Ashland Park and Chevy Chase if you want to see some older homes. lbar will have all of this info on there, but most anywhere in 40502 will have older homes.

$100k budget for Chevy Chase area

[easydoesit]

For older homes and that price range I kind of like some of the homes around Lafayette/Southland area and some near Beaumont Middle - mostly 40504 area - going towards Beaumont Park. Prices around Southland - the Cape Cods - have gone up but may have dropped since the housing bust.

Caveat - got to be careful where you choose in this zip code. In can be a transition zone in some areas but there are some nice pockets for cheap. Avoid the Card Valley area.

IMO, the demand in the Dunbar school district (which has some 04 zips) will have stable demand and will be able to sell in the future.

[timelesschild]

The poster (debthenotary) has yet to state her price range for housing. Until she does, it's pointless to speculate on where she should look for a house.

[LEXpert]

She may also do good to start her own thread if she wants a broader response.