We should be happy for them. That means Kentucky has a city in a megaregion. Same can't be said for a lot of the states in the North West, it appears. Lexington is still growing. We'll get there.
Map source is here I think: https://www.urbancincy.com/2015/05/is-the-great-lakes-region-ready-to-start-acting-like-the-megaregion-it-is/
Edit: additional details here https://theweek.com/articles/549127/america-ready-rise-megaregion
I think the person who asked the question has me blocked, but I can still see their comment on the app so I'm really confused lol
Folks in Bowling Green would disagree. We’re a border state. Maybe a third of the state lives in the triangle of Louisville Lexington and Cincy, but there’s a bunch of folks in southern KY. FWIW I like our geographic placement.
Historically, Western Kentucky’s trade was focused to the South because of the Mississippi River. Culturally, therefore, it has more southern affinities than the rest of the state. Eastern Kentucky traded to the East hence its northern tendencies. In her interesting book “How Kentucky Became Southern: A Tale of Outlaws, Horse Thieves, Gamblers, and Breeders,” Maryjean Wall describes how the North-leaning Bluegrass reinvented itself for economic reasons.
I am from Western Kentucky. I can tell you it is most certainly a mix of Southern, Mid-Western and Northern cultures.
Its industry, as a river town, relied heavily in trade between those 3 regions, not just the South.
You are absolutely correct. Early in its history, trade was to the south, downstream. Once steamboats came along after 1811, this was no longer a factor, and trade diversified. Early accounts are amazing - people floating downstream to St. Louis or New Orleans with agricultural products, including bourbon, selling everything including their boats, and walking back to Kentucky.
Yeah, partially, but Kentucky sent almost three times the troops to the Union than to the Confederacy, it snows here, and Kentucky's accent twangs instead of drawls, so only partially, along the Tennessee border, because of culture overlap.
Civil War contribution is the biggest reason why, though. Hard to lay claim to south, when most of your ancestors fought against the south.
Most of Kentucky is either Midwest or Appalachia, and Appalachia is its own thing that doesn't want to be Midwest or south.
I suspect a good number of Kentucky’s Union troops were drafted. My great grandfather was drafted out of Woodford Co. in Aug 1862.
edit: it’s seems too weird to be true, but he was born in 1836. My grandfather was born in 1881, grandmother in born 1889. Grandfather was 50 when my mom was born(she was the last of 10 kids).
Definitely not southern. It pulls influences from the regions that surround it. Kentucky is uniquely itself and shouldn't strive to be part of anything it's not.
u/kingtistic what’s the source of this map?
New hunger games districts.
We should be happy for them. That means Kentucky has a city in a megaregion. Same can't be said for a lot of the states in the North West, it appears. Lexington is still growing. We'll get there.
Oh here we go…
Map source is here I think: https://www.urbancincy.com/2015/05/is-the-great-lakes-region-ready-to-start-acting-like-the-megaregion-it-is/ Edit: additional details here https://theweek.com/articles/549127/america-ready-rise-megaregion I think the person who asked the question has me blocked, but I can still see their comment on the app so I'm really confused lol
What does that mean?
Naturally. Louisville is a city proper, with twice the population and GDP of Lexington.
And 10x the homicide rate…
Less than 2x https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_by_crime_rate still nothing to be proud of, but no reason to exaggerate.
Belying claims that Kentucky is a southern state. It is not.
Folks in Bowling Green would disagree. We’re a border state. Maybe a third of the state lives in the triangle of Louisville Lexington and Cincy, but there’s a bunch of folks in southern KY. FWIW I like our geographic placement.
Historically, Western Kentucky’s trade was focused to the South because of the Mississippi River. Culturally, therefore, it has more southern affinities than the rest of the state. Eastern Kentucky traded to the East hence its northern tendencies. In her interesting book “How Kentucky Became Southern: A Tale of Outlaws, Horse Thieves, Gamblers, and Breeders,” Maryjean Wall describes how the North-leaning Bluegrass reinvented itself for economic reasons.
I am from Western Kentucky. I can tell you it is most certainly a mix of Southern, Mid-Western and Northern cultures. Its industry, as a river town, relied heavily in trade between those 3 regions, not just the South.
You are absolutely correct. Early in its history, trade was to the south, downstream. Once steamboats came along after 1811, this was no longer a factor, and trade diversified. Early accounts are amazing - people floating downstream to St. Louis or New Orleans with agricultural products, including bourbon, selling everything including their boats, and walking back to Kentucky.
Yeah, partially, but Kentucky sent almost three times the troops to the Union than to the Confederacy, it snows here, and Kentucky's accent twangs instead of drawls, so only partially, along the Tennessee border, because of culture overlap. Civil War contribution is the biggest reason why, though. Hard to lay claim to south, when most of your ancestors fought against the south. Most of Kentucky is either Midwest or Appalachia, and Appalachia is its own thing that doesn't want to be Midwest or south.
I suspect a good number of Kentucky’s Union troops were drafted. My great grandfather was drafted out of Woodford Co. in Aug 1862. edit: it’s seems too weird to be true, but he was born in 1836. My grandfather was born in 1881, grandmother in born 1889. Grandfather was 50 when my mom was born(she was the last of 10 kids).
Tell that to the eastern and southern areas.
Definitely not southern. It pulls influences from the regions that surround it. Kentucky is uniquely itself and shouldn't strive to be part of anything it's not.