Louisville - The "Possibility City" Ad Campaign

REAL Winters are to be avoided. If not for the cold weather, I'd move back to MN/IA in a heartbeat. In addition to the amenities mentioned by Sparky, I'd add that the road crews actually plowed and removed the snow. I lived in a small town of 10,000 and as far from the center of town as you could get and still be within city limits. In the years that I lived there, never once had the plow not been through by the time I left for work at 6 am.
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I'll take the cold over the miserable hurts to breathe humid summers here. Here's hoping to finally moving next fall.

I'll gladly take the 6 months of winter if it means summers aren't sweltering! Granted by the end of those 6 months, it's rather ugly outside...but it's better than the heat!

Things we've found to be more expensive here:
Car registration taxes ($400/year here, $89/year MI, $90-$25 in TN)
Houses (We've been looking in MI, TN, FL, SC, OH of late) and the property taxes
Gas...it's about 30 cents cheaper in TN, was 20-15 cents less in the high end Detroit suburbs last week, 20 cents less in OH
Car Insurance...we pay $25/month more here than MI...the area we were a hundred times more likely to get carjacked in, not to mention the icey roads...
I debated about naming names, but the thing that really irritated me when we were traveling was seeing that the Three Dog Bakery here charges 2-3 times more than some of the other Three Dog Bakery's we visited. I'm glad I can have someone shop and ship for my dogs!
Just to name a few...

We've been traveling to and looking at larger cities for the most part, which normally have the expectation of being more expensive, but that's just not what we are finding.

I will take the heat over the cold anytime! With three young kids, getting out in the winter is a chore dealing with coats, gloves, socks, etc. Ugh! Plus, they don't go outside as much in the winter so cabin fever sets in. At least in the hot summer you can go out in the morning and late evening and it is bearable. Just my opinion!

If "Possibility City" is an original idea, that's a good thing. Better than copying what Austin does.

Interesting that humidity is mentioned. I'll probably be moving back to the States in the next year or so, and despite so many friends and family in the area, I'm not sure if I can deal with the heat/humidity. It really gets me everytime I visit. That, and the fact that Louisville is not really a top 15-20 kind of city and is kind of "isolated" i.e. it's a long darned drive to other interesting places.

And despite great strides Louisville still can't seem to create a vibrant downtown like a lot of other cities. It's depressing to see all those old buildings downtown still decaying and vacant because developers and preservationists can't reach a compromise. Anyway, it'll always be home and does have its charm, but to me bigger may be better when I look to relocate.

Dan I hear what you're saying but before making a final decision come back to Louisville for a visit - that is, if it's been a while since you've been here. Downtown is very different than it was, say 5 years ago. It's come a long way and is at least, starting to 'vibrate'. No, we're still not a big city and I doubt that we ever will be if we don't get some real mass transit of some sort, but for what the city offers we're a good value.

Interesting that humidity is mentioned. I'll probably be moving back to the States in the next year or so, and despite so many friends and family in the area, I'm not sure if I can deal with the heat/humidity. It really gets me every time I visit. That, and the fact that Louisville is not really a top 15-20 kind of city and is kind of "isolated" i.e. it's a long darned drive to other interesting places.

And despite great strides Louisville still can't seem to create a vibrant downtown like a lot of other cities. It's depressing to see all those old buildings downtown still decaying and vacant because developers and preservationists can't reach a compromise. Anyway, it'll always be home and does have its charm, but to me bigger may be better when I look to relocate.

I wood suggest you move to really neat places such as Butte Montana, Fargo ND, Oklahoma City, Oak Ridge Tn. All of these places are really vibrant.

Interesting that humidity is mentioned. I'll probably be moving back to the States in the next year or so, and despite so many friends and family in the area, I'm not sure if I can deal with the heat/humidity. It really gets me every time I visit. That, and the fact that Louisville is not really a top 15-20 kind of city and is kind of "isolated" i.e. it's a long darned drive to other interesting places.

And despite great strides Louisville still can't seem to create a vibrant downtown like a lot of other cities. It's depressing to see all those old buildings downtown still decaying and vacant because developers and preservationists can't reach a compromise. Anyway, it'll always be home and does have its charm, but to me bigger may be better when I look to relocate.

I wood suggest you move to really neat places such as Butte Montana, Fargo ND, Oklahoma City, Oak Ridge Tn. All of these places are really vibrant.

Yep. He went there.

I've actually been to the first three. You forgot Peoria where the police actually collect people in Paddy Wagons and don't head back to HQ til it's full. I'll never go back there again.

Any world that I'm welcome to
Is better than the one I come from

Any world that I'm welcome to
Is better than the one I come from

I'm sorry to hear that Katy lied to you, Steve.

There's nothing wrong with Oak Ridge! I was born there and I turned out just fine. Just don't go in the water and watch out for the green deer!

I've actually been to the first three. You forgot Peoria where the police actually collect people in Paddy Wagons and don't head back to HQ til it's full. I'll never go back there again.

I'm pretty sure there is a story here.

Personally, I love it here...hot, cold or in-between. I just wish some-a-ya'll weren't such weather wimps. I mean two inches of snow and a little nip in the air and yer callin' off school. Now THAT'S ridiculous.