Louisville, KY Reviews

Austin's mentally ill inbred cousin - 2/22/2018
Let’s get the cons over with first as they are pretty brutal. Then I’ll brighten you up with some of the pros. Ready? Let’s go.

Let's start with the biggest issue in this town. Race relations.

The racial tensions are off the charts. The lower class black community is as openly racist and aggressive to whites as a polar bear is aggressive to, well, anything. If you are white, don't get stuck in a black-owned neighborhood or you'll get lynched. And that's not a joke. I'm dead serious.

The whites are racist but generally won't admit it. The asians are racist and trust no one. Latinos all huddle together. And immigrants have entire neighborhoods to themselves and don’t venture far. You get the point.

Everyone sticks to their own kind and is untrusting of other races. BIG time. The neighborhood segregation by race is stark. Some parts of town claim "diversity", but its a forced effort to say the least. And even in those Read More

snobs - 4/18/2017
Well, I wrote a post for Louisville earlier, but I'm not sure if it posted. So if this post sounds like another post I did, it's because I didn't think my first review got posted. So I will apologize for that.
I would like to comment that Phil's post is absolutely true and I appreciate his candor. Louisville is very racist and there is a lot of social pressure to maintain this racism. When I lived there during my high school years and young adulthood, I was often ignored or excluded, because I was Asian. My impression is that anybody who is not white is treated this way. I have heard a couple of mumblings from different persons in Louisville that Asian people are there to take advantage of welfare or funding programs. My parents have never accepted any welfare or any kind of free money. Even though my brother is disabled and could qualify for disability funding, my parents never thought of applying for or accepting any type of funding for my brother. All my parents Read More

Favorite Place to Live - 3/22/2017
I've lived in a lot of cities and small towns up and down the East Coast and in the Mid-West. Louisville is my favorite by far, although as with anything, you get more from a place, the more you put into it. Louisville is affordable and the people are polite. There is a small-town feel; everyone knows everyone, so don't gossip ever. The drivers are mostly polite. Downtown, people make eye contact and nod or say hi. Be fore-warned, the first question from a native is "where did you go high school", not "what church do you go to".

There are almost no professional sports, but the local college teams are great and well supported, and there are annual marathons and mini-marathons often. The Louisville Orchestra and Louisville Ballet are popular. Residents support local restaurants, but don't ask for fried chicken unless you want a weird look and an invitation to Sunday dinner at Grandma's. There are more live theaters here than anywhere I've lived. The live music scene is Read More

Small Town Feel, Big City Amenities - 3/1/2017
Louisville truly has everything! From all the seasons to every kind of cuisine you could want... Louisville has it. Great cost of living, plenty to do, friendly people, it's a great place to raise a Read More

bad bad - 1/11/2017
Beware self centered city , They hate all transplants. Very behind on everything ambiance sucks. Read More

The Only People Who Love it Here Have Never Lived - 8/15/2016
The people here are some of the dumbest I've ever met. Which is not shocking as this is the worst school system in the known universe. No one is able to drive. I had on opinion of Indiana until I moved here from Wake County NC. They think they are the south but it's a very midwestern city. They are also very ignorant and backwards. It is also SO racist here and the people think that it's totally normal. If I didn't have to live here for the next 5 years I Read More

Louisville is the worst! - 10/2/2015
I moved here 5 years ago and I hate it. People here are stupid, rude, pathetic losers. I can't believe how bad it is. They would rather kill each other than learn how to drive. I see dumb moves every single time I leave the house. It's gotten so bad I have tried to get my employer to let me work from home. Speaking of employers, the pay is bad, no yearly reviews or raises and in 2015 I'm working on a DOS based system. The crime rate is high and I have been screwed by almost every business I have gone to. No one here, including doctors, knows what compassion, warm hearted, respectful and being considerate means. They kill animals, including my cats, with no remorse. I have seen more accidents in five years than over 40 years in Milwaukee. People don't know how to use their directionals or know when to use their headlights. They also go thru red lights all the time. I know doctors that are handing out pain med to patients who are not sick. This place should be wiped off the map. It is Read More

Louisville is Great: If You Have Never Left - 9/29/2015
These comments got me thrown off of City Data forever. In my naiveté, I thought differences of opinion were tolerated and even appreciated on these types of sites. I guess George Orwell and Aldous Huxley knew what they were talking about.
Try to read this post with some objectivity. I know how defensive folks from Louisville get about any criticism posed towards the city. However, remember without any critical analysis, a city never progresses. In addition, in order to truly evaluate a place, you need to have spent some time living elsewhere. If you have resided in Louisville your whole life, were educated nearby, and have all your connections in this one place, you are unable to objectify what life is like in this city.

I am compelled to move back to Louisville for financial reasons that are too convoluted to describe. I have allowed myself 6 months to a year back before I launch myself to a more salubrious environment, hopefully somewhere in Europe. I Read More

Not For Me - 9/29/2015
The Louisville area is the most urbane and cultured in Kentucky. That is where any sense of urbanity ends. It is representative of the artistic and intellectual repression of Appalacia, and as a result, the city is myopic, parochial, xenophobic, and sadly chauvinistic. To the naive folks who grew up here, Louisville is their "Athens," and would not care to reside anywhere else. However, if you are a person who has "ventured over the wall," and has experienced any city on either coast, Louisville is backward and representative of America during the 1930s with an entrenched oligarchy and little class mobility. While a fun city to visit, especially during Derby season, living here is an utter nightmare for a transient resident with any sensibilities and Read More

dupo - 7/1/2015
Dupo illinois is a small railroad town next to saintlouis mo population about four thousand Read More