Louisville - The "Possibility City" Ad Campaign

The city does have a good food scene going for it and looks nice on the surface. However, after doing a little traveling recently I can assuredly say that prices are very inflated here. Stepping out now to avoid a soapbox...

The city does have a good food scene going for it and looks nice on the surface. However, after doing a little traveling recently I can assuredly say that prices are very inflated here. Stepping out now to avoid a soapbox...

Prices of?

If we eliminate from the statistics all violent crimes in which both perp and victim are poor and minorities committing crimes in their own segregated neighborhoods, Louisville's rate is very close to zero.

Works for me.

The social implications of this are difficult to fathom, but for those of us who live on the "nice" sides of town, homicide numbers don't reflect reality.

We could always try busing the perps as a way to balance the inequitable distribution of violent crime. That's more or less what they did in Minneapolis and now the suburban cops have as many fun things to do as the inner city cops.

[Robin Garr]

now the suburban cops have as many fun things to do as the inner city cops.

I think we'll be seeing more of this around the country as the demographics of suburbia change over time. Look at the Buechel and Newburg area in Louisville, and inquire about the Showcase Cinemas and Bashford Manor Mall. If we ever go back up to $5 gasoline again, it may happen faster ...

I believe my little corner of Crescent Hill to be fairly well armed.

Food is delicious and I like it.

Delicious food is good!

Louisville food is delicious!

The city does have a good food scene going for it and looks nice on the surface. However, after doing a little traveling recently I can assuredly say that prices are very inflated here. Stepping out now to avoid a soapbox...

Madeline,

What are you comparing our prices to? I've had exactly the opposite experience coming from the East and West coasts. My folks relocated to Louisville from Chicago 10+ years ago in large part due to lower cost of living- including food. Overall the cost worked out to about 25% less than Chicago suburbs.

Deb

Madeline,

What are you comparing our prices to? I've had exactly the opposite experience coming from the East and West coasts. My folks relocated to Louisville from Chicago 10+ years ago in large part due to lower cost of living- including food. Overall the cost worked out to about 25% less than Chicago suburbs.

Deb

I'd have to say that our experience moving here (more or less) from Minneapolis was the same...MUCH cheaper to live here. Real Estate alone is 25-30% less. Groceries seem like they run about 10% less than what we were used to seeing.

I don't get the part about wanting a girl with a tattoo on their butt.

Madeline,

What are you comparing our prices to? I've had exactly the opposite experience coming from the East and West coasts. My folks relocated to Louisville from Chicago 10+ years ago in large part due to lower cost of living- including food. Overall the cost worked out to about 25% less than Chicago suburbs.

Deb

I'd have to say that our experience moving here (more or less) from Minneapolis was the same...MUCH cheaper to live here. Real Estate alone is 25-30% less. Groceries seem like they run about 10% less than what we were used to seeing.

Maybe if you were living near Minnehaha Falls real estate is that much cheaper when looking here. I've been looking at moving to the Twin Cities for a while now as it's not that much more expensive than here. It's maybe 10% on housing. They also have this incredible thing called public transportation that does more than have a bus stop twice a day on the main drags. Groceries from what I noticed in my visits to stores up there ran the same, and the sales tax is .25% more than over here Indiana. But conversely you have NO tax on textiles. Other pluses are Eat Street, hockey, that lovely new Target Field, the Sculpture Garden. Man I love the Twin Cities.

Maybe if you were living near Minnehaha Falls real estate is that much cheaper when looking here. I've been looking at moving to the Twin Cities for a while now as it's not that much more expensive than here. It's maybe 10% on housing. They also have this incredible thing called public transportation that does more than have a bus stop twice a day on the main drags. Groceries from what I noticed in my visits to stores up there ran the same, and the sales tax is .25% more than over here Indiana. But conversely you have NO tax on textiles. Other pluses are Eat Street, hockey, that lovely new Target Field, the Sculpture Garden. Man I love the Twin Cities.

There is a lot to like about the Twin Cities...I certainly didn't live there for 18 years because I hated it. That being said, when you start adding up all the little things, it is most definitely more expensive to live there. That being said, it's kind of a trade off...it's probably the only place I've ever lived where I actually thought I was getting something of a return in terms of quality of living for all of my tax dollars.

The only thing I've really found to be more expensive in Louisville than other comparable sized cites is bourbon. Go figure!

To me the killer, living in MN, was the property tax.

To me the killer, living in MN, was the property tax.

As another former Gopher, the property taxes were a bit hefty, but the school systems beat Kentuckiana schools by a wide margin. City, suburbs, rural schools excelled by today's standards. Guess you get what you pay for.
Bill

To me the killer, living in MN, was the property tax.

As another former Gopher, the property taxes were a bit hefty, but the school systems beat Kentuckiana schools by a wide margin. City, suburbs, rural schools excelled by today's standards. Guess you get what you pay for.
Bill

Comparing the two places, property taxes are about 15-20% higher in the T.C. for comparable properties here in L'ville...but like Bill says, you get what you pay for. The public schools are (for the most part) out-fricking standing and when comparing standardized test scores consistently rank in the top 2 or 3 in the country. Paved bike trails are everywhere (not that the spandex bike crowd bothers to -use- them mind you), the fishing and hunting is outstanding, parks all over the place, the restaurant scene is top notch, the people are pretty darn nice....So why did I move here again ? Oh yeah, I remember now <insert Sam Kinison rant> THEY'VE GOT 6 MONTHS OF FRICKING WINTER !!!!...and not this candy-assed 25 degrees and a snow flurry and they're calling of school stuff. We're talkin' REAL winter. I strongly dislike real winters.

Yep, sure lovin' L'ville and ain't lookin' to go anywhere else.