Thinking of moving to the Louisville area - tell me why not (Mount Washington: fit in, crime)

[Raiders Fan 703]

Hello,

My family and I are looking into moving into the area and were wondering if you could provide some insight into some other areas we should check out.

Walkable is a plusWe like the homes with the built front porches, good schools, parks for the kids

totally understand that's super general, but we are in the discovery phase and found some great places in old Louisville.

We are from the Washington DC metro area and would love for our kids to still experience culture and people in general.

FWIW - Not a fan of trump, enjoy the arts, the architecture the city brings, food, and taking the kids to the park

[Peter1948]

Originally Posted by Raiders Fan 703

Hello,

My family and I are looking into moving into the area and were wondering if you could provide some insight into some other areas we should check out.

Walkable is a plusWe like the homes with the built front porches, good schools, parks for the kids

totally understand that's super general, but we are in the discovery phase and found some great places in old Louisville.

We are from the Washington DC metro area and would love for our kids to still experience culture and people in general.

FWIW - Not a fan of trump, enjoy the arts, the architecture the city brings, food, and taking the kids to the park

You'd LOVE the Highlands in Louisville. Yes it's smaller than DC but VERY comfortable to an urban person like you. Those areas of Louisville are extremely liberal like DC and you will not notice much cultural difference except a bit more southern flair. Highlands are walkable, urban, residential and commercial, and there are walkable groceries, movie theatre, and tons of retail and restaurants from most ethnicities. The people are open, and accepting, and the schools historic and good. The front porches are great, and the architecture, like DC, is beautiful.

Old Louisville is great but it is pretty lacking in retail and only probably 30 restaurants. The Highlands has more like 300 businesses.

Why aren't people flocking to Louisville? Largely, weak local leadership is to blame. If they'd get out of the way and let the city grow, it would. It already is, and the trajectory post pandemic is promising.



https://www.instagram.com/liveinlou/?hl=en

https://www.gotolouisville.com/neigh...the-highlands/

Louisville is not great at marketing itself. The city is not flashy and the downtown, while it was growing fast pre pandemic, leaves a little to be desired after riots destroyed large sections. That said, it is already bouncing back with probably a half dozen large hotel and residential projects starting soon.

A trip to Louisville is NOT complete without a trip to New Albany and Jeffersonville, IN. Those towns have urban neighborhoods very much a part of Louisville. Spring street in both towns is a good starting point.


This website got taken out by the pandemic but here are some of my favorite hoods:

http://new2lou.com/neighborhoods/

[Ivory Lee Spurlock]

Originally Posted by Raiders Fan 703

FWIW - Not a fan of trump, enjoy the arts, the architecture the city brings, food, and taking the kids to the park

What does yoú "not being a fan of Trump" have to do with the possibility of moving to Louisville?

[Crazee Cat Lady]

Welcome to the Louisville part of the City Data forums!

FWIW - Not a fan of trump

Kentucky is a red state, but Louisville is a blue dot in a red state.

Louisville usually votes toward the Democratic side of the things.
But it like most cities is very diverse, you will find all sorts of political ideology.
No one is likely to bat an eye or hold it against you, for not being a Trump fan.
(And Heck, even a lot of Republicans aren't really Trump fans.)


I grew up in Louisville mostly, and most people have a 'live and let live' philosophy on life,
and most won't likely judge you on things like that.

Walkable is a plus We like the homes with the built front porches, good schools, parks for the kids

If that is what you will like, you will love Louisville. It has all three(big porches, good schools and parks for the kids) in spades.

[Peter1948]

Originally Posted by Crazee Cat Lady

Welcome to the Louisville part of the City Data forums!



Kentucky is a red state, but Louisville is a blue dot in a red state.

Louisville usually votes toward the Democratic side of the things.
But it like most cities is very diverse, you will find all sorts of political ideology.
No one is likely to bat an eye or hold it against you, for not being a Trump fan.
(And Heck, even a lot of Republicans aren't really Trump fans.)


I grew up in Louisville mostly, and most people have a 'live and let live' philosophy on life,
and most won't likely judge you on things like that.



If that is what you will like, you will love Louisville. It has all three(big porches, good schools and parks for the kids) in spades.

Good post. I'd add the suburbs are very very red. So red that the county never goes over 60% for any democrat almost ever. I think Biden got 57% of the vote?

[cubedeathk]

Originally Posted by Peter1948

Good post. I'd add the suburbs are very very red. So red that the county never goes over 60% for any democrat almost ever. I think Biden got 57% of the vote?

It's still possible to live a very suburban life and have most of your neighbors be left of center, and even if conservative not in the sort of rabid, anti-intellectual way the OP is probably referring to. Hikes Point for example is very suburban but still like a perfect split in partisanship, though of course the further out you go to the more conservative it is.




But for the OP definitely the Highlands or Clifton or Crescent Hill. I mean they're no DC, but if you plan out where you live, i.e., near important things like a grocery, it's very possible to be able to accomplish a whole lot of tasks on foot (but not everything), and if you plan on commuting downtown, and very importantly, choosing where to live based on that, that's actually pretty good with public transport too.

[Big Owl]

Originally Posted by Raiders Fan 703

Hello,

My family and I are looking into moving into the area and were wondering if you could provide some insight into some other areas we should check out.

Walkable is a plusWe like the homes with the built front porches, good schools, parks for the kids

totally understand that's super general, but we are in the discovery phase and found some great places in old Louisville.

We are from the Washington DC metro area and would love for our kids to still experience culture and people in general.

FWIW - Not a fan of trump, enjoy the arts, the architecture the city brings, food, and taking the kids to the park

I am not sure what you are used to in Oakland, but here is my take on Louisville.

My home town has become a crime riddled, greedy, unpleasant place to be. I would stay away from there all together. Oldham county, or Shelby county, Spencer county would be a better choice. These counties surround Louisville and are safer places to live, while still being less than an hour from Louisville. I deliberately omitted Bullitt county, where I live as Louisville is creeping out here fast. Mount Washington is OK in Bullitt County. I have a house you can buy there if you want.

As others mentioned, the local leadership in Louisville is horrible. Fortunately, the greed monger mayor cannot run again. Crime has escalated during his 3 terms, and murders have doubled since last year. Some days the news reports 3 or 4 people shot. About half of these die, and there are rarely any arrests or suspects. And of course, we are now infamous for the Taylor murder by our police. So sad.

If you want to cross the bridges that our tax dollars built and go to Indiana, expect to pay about ten bucks for the round trip. No, you do not have to stop, the greed monger apparatus they have installed will record the license plate of your car and mail you a bill. If you move, or simply do not get the bill, drivers license revocation will occur. Or you could end up paying $75 or more to avoid this. It happened to my wife.

I could tell you more, but hopefully you get the idea and will look elsewhere, especially since you have a family to think about. Louisville, KY has the second highest murder rate in the country per capita. Oh yeah, the air quality is miserable, Summers hot and rainy.

[Peter1948]

Originally Posted by Big Owl

I am not sure what you are used to in Oakland, but here is my take on Louisville.

My home town has become a crime riddled, greedy, unpleasant place to be. I would stay away from there all together. Oldham county, or Shelby county, Spencer county would be a better choice. These counties surround Louisville and are safer places to live, while still being less than an hour from Louisville. I deliberately omitted Bullitt county, where I live as Louisville is creeping out here fast. Mount Washington is OK in Bullitt County. I have a house you can buy there if you want.

As others mentioned, the local leadership in Louisville is horrible. Fortunately, the greed monger mayor cannot run again. Crime has escalated during his 3 terms, and murders have doubled since last year. Some days the news reports 3 or 4 people shot. About half of these die, and there are rarely any arrests or suspects. And of course, we are now infamous for the Taylor murder by our police. So sad.

If you want to cross the bridges that our tax dollars built and go to Indiana, expect to pay about ten bucks for the round trip. No, you do not have to stop, the greed monger apparatus they have installed will record the license plate of your car and mail you a bill. If you move, or simply do not get the bill, drivers license revocation will occur. Or you could end up paying $75 or more to avoid this. It happened to my wife.

I could tell you more, but hopefully you get the idea and will look elsewhere, especially since you have a family to think about. Louisville, KY has the second highest murder rate in the country per capita. Oh yeah, the air quality is miserable, Summers hot and rainy.

This post is extremely exaggerated. Louisville has been historically one of the safest cities in the USA in top 50. It is not 2nd in per capita murders despite massive rises.

Louisville is like any major city, good and bad areas. The crime is no worse or better than any major city, the national darling Nashville included.

While I appreciate your opinion, you live in the distant exurbs and do not know Louisville like me or others. That's ok you don't like the city, but no need to come bash it especially using hyperbole and unsubstantiated claims. I seriously doubt you spend every day in the urban core and would bet money you couldn't tell Limerick from Russel.

[scully2010]

Louisville is a great city. It's my hometown and I lived in Phoenix and Los Angeles for 17 years and came back to Louisville because it's a mid-sized city with a small town feel. That said, sometimes it can be hard for outsiders to fit in - everyone will ask you what high school you went to. Luckily, when you say you're from another city, they will be okay with that. As for the politics, you will definitely see a lot of red in a city of blue. This is Mitch's state, after all, and he even owns a house in the Highlands. Despite that, for someone liberal such as yourself, the Highlands is a great place to live if you're used to an urban environment. The mindset there is open and the population is diverse. There are tons of great restaurants in that area, and despite many closing during the pandemic, there are new ones opening all the time.

In the interest of full disclosure, my husband and I do want to move somewhere else in the next few years, because we want to experience different weather, and views of mountains, and be somewhere a bit more liberal politically. But overall, Louisville is still a great town.

[johnsonkk]

Originally Posted by Peter1948

This post is extremely exaggerated. Louisville has been historically one of the safest cities in the USA in top 50. It is not 2nd in per capita murders despite massive rises.

Louisville is like any major city, good and bad areas. The crime is no worse or better than any major city, the national darling Nashville included.

While I appreciate your opinion, you live in the distant exurbs and do not know Louisville like me or others. That's ok you don't like the city, but no need to come bash it especially using hyperbole and unsubstantiated claims. I seriously doubt you spend every day in the urban core and would bet money you couldn't tell Limerick from Russel.

The title of the o thread is a challenge to identify reasons not to move to Louisville.

Louisville is in the top 50 of “most dangerous cities” but that’s a long list, lots of cities. Nashville, per capita, is at #60 so it’s statistically more safe and more than just a little.

https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/mur...u-s-cities/16/

Not sure why the shade thrown on Nashville but the flight options, tourist options and sports options make Nashville a better choice than Indy or Cincinnati and it’s not that much farther than them.

Don’t think you have to live downtown to know what has become of 4th street. Gone are the days where the Slugger bat factory WAS the west boundary for walking. That line has moved considerably east towards I65.

Concern for Louisville and Kentucky is financial side just as much as crime.

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