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I too live in Kentucky. My wife and I had been searching for a place since 2003, (Yeah, I saw the writing on the wall even back then), We found our little slice of heaven here in central Kentucky in 2005 and moved here in 2007.

It’s a great place but the economy is poor. It’s best to have an outside the area income if you can manage it. It’s poor in my county and I’ve heard that up to 80% of the populace is on assistance of one sort or another. All of the store have the “We accept EBT” signs.

So if the “Zombie Apocalypse” aka TSHTF occurs it will affect us here just as much as anywhere else. The caveat is that with some land you can homestead easily and at least feed your family.

Best of luck in your searching.

I too live in Kentucky. My wife and I had been searching for a place since 2003, (Yeah, I saw the writing on the wall even back then), We found our little slice of heaven here in central Kentucky in 2005 and moved here in 2007.

It’s a great place but the economy is poor. It’s best to have an outside the area income if you can manage it. It’s poor in my county and I’ve heard that up to 80% of the populace is on assistance of one sort or another. All of the store have the “We accept EBT” signs.

So if the “Zombie Apocalypse” aka TSHTF occurs it will affect us here just as much as anywhere else. The caveat is that with some land you can homestead easily and at least feed your family.

All things I’ve noticed as well, but I will add one thing: Most of my neighbors have a lot of livestock. We would become a “guarded” community. I would not want to live close to the small towns around here. I think they would actually, though to a lesser degree, become ugly like the cities.

BTW, the remarks on the economy hint at why I do a 75 minute commute at 70 mph.

I’ll be retired by then and hopefully on a good pension for at least a few years before things get bad. Even if the pension doesn’t materialize being there is better than being where I am now. For as much as one might fantasize about a “target-rich environment,” this area will be a deathtrap for anyone not of the Dem-o-graphic norm, if you get my drift.