pretty good place for a southern city
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2/18/2009
I grew up in Louisville and I remember it as a pretty decent place. The "South" is really not my cup of tea, but compared to other "southern cities", Lou certainly rates near the top of what I have seen. L is one of the ten most literate cities in the country according to Sperlings. The quality of existing construction is pretty good. Houses are reasonably priced and not poised for as much further decline as in some areas. Actors Theatre offers some good culture. There is a lot of interesting history there, such as regarding Al Capone. There are some negatives of course - climate, tornados, crime, good old boys, traffic safety, proximity to ocean, big mountains, desert, etc but most of those you would find in most cities in the inland south. I have lived in the Pacific Northwest for the past several years and like it here very much. I have lived at least a decade in the Eastern, Central and Mountain time zones. When I was living on CST, I often thought about how much I liked it in Lou. One thing to think about is what type of people have tended to migrate TO Louisville. A lot of wack jobs migrated to southern Calif. and look at that place. Home values down 50% so far. They basically caused the catastrophic economic depression we are heading into with their no doc real estate loans (altho the "no new regulations" republican party certainly contributed as well). I dont think I want to live there. E and SE Lou have always been a little more sensible than many other parts of the country. You have to take the good along with the bad. If the negatives I mentioned earlier are not highly weighted on your list of preferences, the Lou is worth considering. If I had any relatives in or near Lou, I probably would have moved back at some point.
Jerry | Financial District, NY