June 4, 201412 yr Anyone else find it crazy Villa Hills is the 4th safest city in the state and they just fired the guy in charge of law enforcement in the city. It looks like they used data from 2012 to make this list. If they used 2013 data, villa hills wouldn't be at #4. There was a shooting last year and not to mention the top two police officers were railroaded by the mayor over the course of the part year.
June 4, 201412 yr I thought NKY had a heroin problem? It's killing so many they don't get the opportunity to commit crime.
June 4, 201412 yr It looks like they used data from 2012 to make this list. If they used 2013 data, villa hills wouldn't be at #4. There was a shooting last year and not to mention the top two police officers were railroaded by the mayor over the course of the part year. I'm not so sure about that. The Amsterdam Road shooter...missed. Nobody even got a scratch. There have been 0 murders in Villa Hills since the city was incorporated in 1962. Now if the article were about best municipal government agencies, Villa Hills would be, shall we say, a bit lower on the list.
June 4, 201412 yr I thought NKY had a heroin problem? I suppose that's why Covington and Newport aren't on the list. I guess the sleepier suburbs south of there aren't ripe for trafficking/sales. Then again, Union didn't make the list, and I wasn't aware of much crime there other than not keeping your yard well maintained.
June 4, 201412 yr #1 or nothing in Villa Hills, baby! Circa 1995. Cincinnati is rated the nation's, top city. Cincinnati Magazine then ranks Villa Hills as the top city in the Metro area to live. Thus, Villa Hills became the top city in the entire country.
June 4, 201412 yr Circa 1995. Cincinnati is rated the nation's, top city. Cincinnati Magazine then ranks Villa Hills as the top city in the Metro area to live. Thus, Villa Hills became the top city in the entire country. By whom? Cincinnati Magazine?
June 4, 201412 yr By whom? Cincinnati Magazine? If I am not mistaken, it was Places Rated Almanac. And it was 1994. Fort Mitchell/Lakeside Park were #2 in the area. While Fort Wright/Park Hills came in at #3. SO, the top 3 cities in the Cincinnati area were not even from Ohio. Edited June 4, 201412 yr by SportsGuy41017
June 4, 201412 yr I'm not so sure about that. The Amsterdam Road shooter...missed. Nobody even got a scratch. There have been 0 murders in Villa Hills since the city was incorporated in 1962. Now if the article were about best municipal government agencies, Villa Hills would be, shall we say, a bit lower on the list. Well the shooter was shot by the police so I don't know how that would factor in. And yes, you are correct about the government.
June 4, 201412 yr If I am not mistaken, it was like Forbes or something like that. And it was 1994. Oh, well, I'm sure a 20-year-old survey still holds up well. I like Cincinnati, but it's a dump for the most part.
June 4, 201412 yr Oh, well, I'm sure a 20-year-old survey still holds up well. I like Cincinnati, but it's a dump for the most part. Depends on what your definition of "dump" is. What's yours? If you are making a generalization, it's not true and not a nice thing to say.
June 4, 201412 yr What's really sad is that aside from the NKY cities mentioned, I know very little, next to nothing, or nothing at all about many of the cities on this list. As a so called "Kentuckian" that is just downright pathetic. Having been raised in the northern most tip of the state near Cincinnati, typically my daily navigating doesn't take me too far from this area, or award me the pleasure like perhaps many other Kentuckians of being nestled between multiple counties, and being raised with the knowledge of their surrounding counties. Much of my exposure to the state of Kentucky outside of NKY has only been more or less Lexington, Frankfort, and Louisville just a handful of times, where I must add that I thoroughly loved Lexington and found it to be extremely friendly, and full of fantastic historical architecture. By chance when I was 14, I once stayed a couple of nights in Lynch, Ky while driving home from a Little League baseball tournament that was held in Jefferson City, TN near Knoxville when my neighbor was starting his medicine career in Lynch while just finishing up his collegiate studies. My stay there coincidentally coincided with the Perseid Meteor Showers in mid-August where I was awarded an amazing light show in the night sky, and came to realize how neglected I had been my whole life of having city lights regularly ruin my view of just how beautiful and visible a starry sky could be. If you live somewhere where you normally see the beauty of the night sky uninterrupted by city lights, then feel fortunate and blessed. I am very intrigued by what Kentucky has to offer in charming little towns, and I would be doing myself a great disservice if I didn't plan a few road trips once in awhile to investigate. Perhaps this list would be a nice guide and a good start. I always get choked up when I hear "My Old Kentucky Home" but somehow feel that my tears are a bit pretentious considering my lack of knowledge of the majority of the state. Perhaps if I made a concentrated effort to truly earn my Bluegrass Card, then I could cry like a baby and know that my tears are genuine.
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