There are much better places to live
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8/5/2011
I ended up moving to Lexington about 10 years ago. At first, I thought it was great. The people seemed so friendly and the weather was warmer than NY. However, after moving from Wilmore to Lexington, I started to see what this culture REALLY is about. One word of advice, don't move to Lex unless you are a die hard UK fan. Never have I lived in a place where a basketball team is placed above all other cultural standards. People here literally will shoot you in the head, should you dare mock their sports team...no joke, they WILL threaten you. This is just one element of how backwards this place is. Lexington also has some of the worst traffic flow issues of any city I ever lived in. It can take 30 minutes to go a mile and a half because the traffic lights are so badly out of synch. Finally, there seems to be a cultural divide between the 'wealthy' and the poor. Here in Lexington, you are judged by how much money you have. Don't even try to talk to some of the people who live on the south side, they will just snarl at you and walk away with their chins up. You are either one of them or you are just a poor 'redneck' Finally, this is a city where graduates move away ASAP. This especially is true of the UK grads. Unless you love horses, there literally is NOTHING here...no real parks, no lakes (well a few rather pathetic ones about an hour away) no streams. This place just....sucks.
Abhd | Lexington-Fayette, KY