If you moved to KY Lake, where??

[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON Jun-17-06 AT 06:20PM (EST)[/font][p]We are considering a future move for our final living place to be in the KY Lake/Lake Barkley area.

If you were going to make such a move, where would you pick?

I've considered Grand Rivers, I love that little town, not really been through Benton, but am also considering down around Cadiz or Aurora.

I'd just love to hear... errr or read your opinions.

Thanks in advance,

Danny

PS, could you please add why you recommend a place?

Thanks again.

Dave Stewart's next door neighbor and I would invite him over to grill out the biggest steak he could eat as often as he wanted in hopes of getting all the inside information on the lake. With all he knows, it would take a helluva a lot of steaks but well worth it.

Tight Lines

When he first heard I was considering moving, he told me the address I sent my check to, when I went out with him... the deposit... wasn't his real address. He even hinted that if I were to move to his neighborhood he may have to move!!! LOL

I guess I've emailed asking advice just tooooooooo many times. LMAO

I hear you though, Dave I am sure would be a great neighbor.

I'd also like to ask folks to say why the pick the area they reccomend.

Thanks everyone.

Danny

Danny,
I am curious to these answers too. I was considering the same move in the near future. I love the entire area down there, but suspect somewhere from Gilbertsville to Paducah would be where I'd look. That area is fairly close to both lakes and also the Rivers and is close to shopping centers, malls,etc. etc.

We moved down here 3 years ago from the north. We located in the country outside of Benton. Just love the area. 15 minuets and the boat is in the water. I don't think you can go wrong anywhere in the area.

Bob

There are a lot of good places to live down here around the lakes and a lot of good folks in all the communities.

I live in Fairdealing which is a small unincorported village on U.S. 68 between Draffenville and Aurora in Marshall County.

Here is why I like it here:

Marshall County has good schools.

Marshall County has a low crime rate.

Benton is 5 minutes from my home.

Draffenville is 5 minutes from my home.

Paducah is 30 minutes from my home.

Nashville is 1 hour and 20 minutes from my home.

I can be launching my boat at the following places as mentioned:

Big Bear Creek, Ky Lake: 7 minutes

Ky Dam Marina: 15 minutes

Ken Lake Marina: 15 minutes

Barkley Dam (Double Creek): 20 minutes

Poplar Creek (N. Barkley): 25 minutes

Kuttawa: 30 minutes

Barkley State Park Marina: 30 minutes

Dover, Tn : 50 minutes

Paris, Tn: 50 minutes


I came here when I retired out of the military because the fishing is good, the crime rates are low, the people are good folks, the cost of living is low and the living here is laid back and slow paced.

I appreciate your help. Dave is the house next door for sale? LOL

We aren't coming right away, but this is where my wife wants to move when the time comesm for me. You guys are giving me exactly the things I was wondering about.

I don't really want a lot of upkeep, like mowing...LMAO... but I also don't want to live in those new subdivisions being built with those zero property lines. We would like to have some land so we can have some privacy, but we also want to be near the medical facilities and good shopping.

I think you all. I had been thinking further south, but you guys helped me to think maybe a little further north.

I hope it is a long time before we move, as we are committed to staying here to take care of "Pop"... or let him take care of us. But, we figure we should start thinking and looking around now.

Thanks again,

Danny

Danny...great post!

What about putting a spin on it like buying a second home? or Lake house?

It seems like you either have really nice homes in gated communities or small shantes stacked on top of each other. It also seems like lake frontage on KY is pretty much gone.

I'd be interested in something a little different. An older cabin or A-frame? Something a little different than most of what I've seen? Anyone with thoughts?

There are a few places that are not shanties or huge palaces east of Murray around Blood River. Might be worth checking out.

Addressing your thoughts on shopping/medical facilities, my in-laws have a house in Murray and a House on the lake in Blood River (also in Calloway County), which is about 20 minutes from their house in town. Murray is a nice college town with shopping and medical facilities, and you can be on the water from the town square within 15 minutes or so. Ken-Lake is not too far away. Its a little ways to Barkley, probably 35 minutes to Devils Elbow, but when the bite's good there, the trip is not bad.

My father has a 2nd home in New Concord, situated about halfway between Blood River and Paris Landing. 20-25 minutes from Dover on South Barkley. 20 minutes from Paris and Murray for shopping, hospitals, etc. Alot less traffic and more secluded than the north end of the lake. But if you plan on fishing tournaments there, most are held on the north end of KY and Barkley - so I would stay north. If not, and you're looking for privacy & quiet, you may want to explore the south end of the lakes. Buchanan and the Big Sandy are also nice areas.