I've lived in Lexington (about 40 minutes north of Berea) for 22 years. Prior to that, I've lived in Murray and Paducah, in the far west of the state and Owensboro, Elizabethtown and Louisville in the central portion of the state. I haven't spent any time in the eastern portion of the state.
I like Lexington quite a bit, which is why I've stayed here so long. Louisville and Cincinnati are only about an hour away, if I want to visit a larger city, but I prefer a town the size of Lexington. Having said that, I wouldn't mind moving back to the Paducah area, it's a beautiful part of the state, with two large lakes, but the employment opportunities are more limited.
There is room here for you to make your own life.
Hazard.
Ole joke my grandfather pulled on me when I was 6 or so...
How do you pronounce the capital of Kentucky? Luisville or Louieville.
Neither, It’s Frankfurt.
“What do you do for a living? What do you like to do when you’re not working? “
I run a start-up software company and I’m a business-class Systems Analyst, and I run that company too. When I move into an area I find about 4 hand-picked clients and get about 10 hours a week.
My wife is an independent fashion buyer and wholesaler. We both work from home and need an internet connection and a spare room or two to run our operations. And a little classroom / library for our daughter. Maybe a garage and workshop for metalwork.
I do outdoor stuff as a hobby. Hiking, fishing, mostly survivalist-level but my wife considers a pop-up camper “roughing it”. I crave vast expanses. But we would move into town and get a house where the people are, and then get a weekend place out in the deep woods. That’s the plan anyway.
Oh and I want to start riding a motorcycle again. The weather up has been pretty harsh on that hobby. The roads are a mess and the weather and fellow motorists are just terrible.
So the only reason employment is important to me is that in areas with low employment, crime goes up. My intent is to move into a town that I would raise my daughter in and that means stepping up to the plate and helping around - specifically helping out around town hall.