Traditional Schools and Working Class Neighborhoods

[Peter1948]

Originally Posted by arrow_keys

Is there a transit stop in New Albany? We just have one car. Which my wife uses to take our kids to school and preschool.

Yes, however there is to my knowledge, only one bus (bus 71) which serves mostly rush hour commuters into and our of Louisiville, however the bus does indeed run all day and even weekends:

TARC

http://www.ridetarc.org/uploadedFiles/71(1).pdf

Essentially, there are 4 stops in New Albany running from downtown New Albany (State and Elm) to IU Southeast, then returning to downtown Louisville. The buses come to these stops every 30-45 mins. So if you live along this route, the service is not bad.

There is a second bus, bus 82, which runs ever hour and 15 mins from New Albany over to the major shopping areas near Veterans Parkway in Clarksville.

There are 2 more routes which service Indiana suburbs. Bus 72 runs from the Veterans Pkway/Greentree Mall area of Clarksville into downtown Louisville:

http://www.ridetarc.org/uploadedFiles/72.pdf

Finally, there s bus 65. This runs during weekend business hours as an express service from a Park N Ride lot at Ivy Tech college in Sellerburg into downtown Louisville and vice versa in the evening.

[tomocox]

Originally Posted by arrow_keys

Is there a transit stop in New Albany? We just have one car. Which my wife uses to take our kids to school and preschool.

Yes... TARC

[McDougal66]

Originally Posted by Peter1948

Parts of the Highlands near the parks anyways, and the part that backs into Crescent Hill...these parts have been yuppified almost in a big city kind of way....I am thinking Lincoln Park Chicago, Georgetown DC, or Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Ok, it'1s is not as vertical and dense, but you get the idea. The hippie, art, and gay community are now finding newer digs closer to downtown, Old Louisville, and even now Portland, Shelby Park, Germantown, Butchertown, and Nulu.

Good points. It's amazing how those shotguns on Payne St have shot up in prices over just 2-3 years. 10 years ago, one could easily find one there under $100k. It's actually unfortunate for people who grew up in that area but can't come close to affording a house there now. And like you point out, the diversity moves elsewhere.

[McDougal66]

Originally Posted by tomocox

Just need to remember two things about living in Indiana and working in Louisville. One is there is always a bridge to cross. Even with the new bridges, there will be issues. One issue will be that the I-65 bridge downtown and I-265 bridge (east) will both be toll bridges. The other concern will be, there is a bridge.
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Many people make that drive, so don't think you'll be alone, but the bridges have always historically been an issue for Indiana residents working in Louisville.
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If the job is downtown, west of I-65, or just east of I-65 (KY side), I'm ok with Floyd County. If you are east of I-264 (Watterson X-way) then you'll need to start measuring your choices between a 20-30 minute ride from your home in New Albany, or a 10-15 minute ride from a lot of Oldham County.

Definitely a consideration. Fortunately, I work from home and my spouse's job is just a matter of going east to 31 south, crossing the 2nd St. Bridge, and hitting Broadway.

Not everyone has that luxury, so we're grateful.