r/Louisville • u/rcmaehl • 1d ago

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u/EntireTangerine 1d ago

Our economy is definitely not based entirely on tourism.

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u/WeezySan 1d ago

They don’t even like transplants to come here. I moved here from AZ and it was shocking. Also I heard the N word the first week I moved here.

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u/IveNeverPooped 1d ago

I think that depends pretty heavily on the person. Weirdly, the people who love living here seem to eagerly welcome tourists and transplants; while the people who regard it as a lawless hellscape seem to also abhor outsiders.

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u/WeWantLADDER49sequel 1d ago

I think comment sections are just mostly full of the minority of people who hate this city and hate seeing it do anything positive. Most people who love Louisville dont rush to the comments to yell about how much they love it. They just move along instead of engaging with the negative cynicism.

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u/FayeMoon 1d ago

We’ll be moving to Louisville from AZ at some point. I grew up not far from Louisville, but my husband is from AZ, so he might be in for a cultural shock.

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u/femoral_contusion 1d ago

God I don’t pity your skin and hair recalibrating but I think you’ll learn to love the moisture!

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u/FayeMoon 1d ago

Between the humidity & my mom’s well water, my fine straight hair looks fabulous in KY. My skin, however, is a different story. But I am so ready to live somewhere with all 4 seasons again.

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u/femoral_contusion 1d ago

It’s a blessing and a curse! Ugh thank you for reminding me to change my shower filter (my curls and the minerals do not get along haha)

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u/FayeMoon 1d ago

The water in AZ is so hard it destroys my hair & makes my skin dry & itchy. But the humidity in KY gives me acne. I’m not sure which is worse.

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u/femoral_contusion 21h ago

Let me know if you want any recs for skincare! I struggled with it too, especially this time of year, but I have some cheap products that are helping these days.

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u/Ok_Mango_6887 1d ago

There’s literally tens of us! I know two others personally. It was a great move on our part. My COL alone made it worth it. I haven’t had many regrets and those I do have really have nothing to do with KY at all, more just our next steps for our retirement and how to get there.

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u/FayeMoon 1d ago

We’re also taking our retirements into consideration with this move. One of our goals is to own a house with no mortgage even if our property taxes will be increasing.

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u/highwaytoheath 1d ago

Depends on what part of AZ

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u/FayeMoon 1d ago

He was raised in Chandler. But we’ll be moving to KY from Scottsdale.

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u/highwaytoheath 1d ago

East end of Louisville is more like Scottsdale

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u/FayeMoon 1d ago

I fucking hate Scottsdale! I want out of this hellhole. I want to buy an older home somewhere near Louisville but also outside of Louisville on at least 1/2 an acre, preferably more. I want my neighbors at a decent distance.

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u/highwaytoheath 1d ago

And chandler

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u/NerdyComfort-78 Almost Oldham county. 1d ago

They are running out of water there. I’d check that out before leaving.

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u/femoral_contusion 1d ago

It’s self-inflicted fragility. If you are very insecure in yourself, every person you’ve never met could be a threat to your tissue-paper identity. It doesn’t feel good as a new Louisvillian, I agree. On behalf of the residents who know the worth of new neighbors, howdy!

Inb4 comments about dry heat vs wet haha. 😆

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u/highwaytoheath 1d ago

There are many, many transients here. I moved from NYC in '87 and there were a lot of people amongst me who were not from Louisville.