If you moved to KY Lake, where??

[Dave Stewart]

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.

[Danny]

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

[bje]

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.

[thebassman30]

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?

[the_donger]

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