Louisville, Kentucky

artfultodger502
Living in Louisville
8mo ago
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I've lived in places from Vermont to Florida and unpacked here. Absolutely the best place I've ever lived. I'm originally from Philly, meanest city on the earth, so I've been around.

But, we have our unfortunate issues as every city does, but the good far outweighs the bad for me.

With me personally, all those places I've lived, the ones ive had an expectation for, are there ones that let me down.

So I would suggest if you/me/anyone were to look here, don't think it will be a magic panacea to fix your life, but try to focus on what it has, which to me, weird, leftie art appreciator, is great culture and great people. Always something to do.

Louisville vs. Atlanta?

lexprofile
Living in Louisville
1y ago
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I grew up here and briefly considered moving to Atlanta. I have friends down there and between all my visits have probably spent close to a year there by now.

Louisville is scaled down from Atlanta in almost every way. We have a few smell stretches of road that rival the perimeter, but they are the exception. Personally I think we’re closing the gap when it comes to food and entertainment. For a while it felt stagnant here and I swore I’d never settle down after college. Around the time I considered moving, Louisville seemed to be developing in ways that were meaningful to me. So I stuck around and am happy here.

Climate wise, it’s really not that different. Summer is in full swing by June and we don’t really get Fall until late October. It can get bitter for a couple weeks in January but things start warming up in February.

Some things we have that Atlanta does not - easily accessible nature trails and a surplus of Bourbon distilleries. We’re also centrally located between Indianapolis, Cincinnati, and Nashville. All of which are about a 2 hour drive - which isn’t much if you’re accustomed to Atlanta travel times.

What do you wish you knew before moving to Louisville?

anonymous
Living in Louisville
1y ago
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I moved here from nyc originally and I was surprised at how liberal this city is (in the right parts) like yes you can drive for 30 minutes and end up in small town Kentucky but walkable city neighborhoods like germantown and old louisville and the highlands are very openly progressive, pride posters, my favorite coffee shop has free plan b in the bathroom etc

Biking seems a little sketchy because people here truly do drive their cars more aggressively than I’ve ever seen anywhere else. but if you stick to smaller streets and have lights and a helmet you’ll probably do ok, it’s just city biking so it’s always going to be scarier than like small town biking

Walking is pretty good there are sidewalks everywhere as long as you’re not out in the burbs

Germantown is Bushwick btw

Cherokee park is park slope

Highlands are Williamsburg

Clifton is greenpoint (minus the pollocks, ugh no Polish food anywhere)

Shelby park is bed stuy but like 5-10 years ago

People here are super friendly, I think it’s a Midwest thing? Everyone says hi on the streets, my neighbors all talk to me etc

Everyone talks shit on Indiana and it’s hilarious because the rest of the country talks shit on Kentucky but once you live here for like 3 months you’ll inexplicably think Indiana is really lame just warning you

Is Louisville a good place to live right now? particularly for LGBTQ+ community?

anonymous
Living in Louisville
2y ago
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I'll answer your question more directly. I think yes, this city is generally accepting of the LGBT community and I've met gay/queer Asian people who like it here and have made it home. I'm white and gay and have really enjoyed my last few years here.

I get where others say 'move to a blue state', which I would say generally yes do that, but that's not what you asked. This city has good bones, I think it will grow a lot in the future due to affordability issues in other cities. However the gay community here can be kind of cliquish, but I think almost all gay communities tend to be just due to the nature of society. It's changed drastically in the past couple of decades though as more people have came out and the LGBT population grows.

If saving money and having access to some city amenities you'd have back in LA is what you need, absolutely move. Political and loftier ideals aside, sometimes financial reasons are entirely acceptable reasons to move even to red states. I could not imagine living in California and not making at least $200,000 a year, it would be miserable, a lot of people in the center of the country don't understand what's going on out there.

Living in Louisville | This City is MORE than Kentucky Derby