The 10 most redneck towns in Kentucky.
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I'm going to disagree with Morehead and Grayson. My biggest qualifier for redneckedness is disdain for education. Both towns have a university and some of the nicest people I've ever met.
I'll just keep quiet about the others.
I'll just keep quiet about the others.
Grayson absolutely belongs on this list. There are two accents in the state that I can immediately recognize; Hazard and Grayson. The list got that part right.
Somerset shouldnt be that high. We have lots of gays and metrosexuals.
ANY redneck list that leaves Manchester off it is officially bogus.
Grayson will never be confused with, well, any reasonable US city, but it's not all bad.
On second view, this list is wrong because Williamsburg isn't on it, much less number one. Williamsburg is the only KY town I've been to that freaked me out. One minute you're driving through a beautiful, rural landscape and the next you're in a town full of "Hills Have Eyes" people. I worked with a guy who filled in as manager at a factory there for a while. His boss told him to ALWAYS carry a gun on company property.
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This old gal, who works with me here in TX, told me some stories about her daughter's experiences as a member of University of the Cumberlands (Cumberland College for you old-timers) volleyball team. I just smiled and said, "yeah, good old country folks. Heh."
I've got one really weird cousin who I can't even have a normal conversation with, got an academic scholly there and loved the place. To each, his own.:flushed:
Benton and Marion are two towns I would nominate. Now they are two of the most redneck, which I consider different than hill billy towns.
The correct answer to this list is Irvine, KY. If you go by rebel flags per square inch then hands down Irvine is your winner.
My father in-law resides there with his wife. It's worse than a lot of eastern Kentucky cities.
Any list that doesn't contain Jackson, Campton, Beatyville, Hyden, Hindman, Martin, whatever the county seat of Jackson county is, and Manchester can't be trusted. Also throw in Frenchburg and Salyersville.
Martin? All 500? The town's not too redneck, but there's plenty in the area. We'll actually there's a whole lot in the area, but lots of very good people too.
Makes me proud to live in the upscale town of Paintsville where you can choose from Ponderosa, Long Johns, Ramp B Marathon chicken or other fine dining establishments to eat. Actually, the Marathon chicken is pretty good, better than KFC.
The western coal field is way under represented.
As to redneck stories , I got great ones but I want you to be able to eat.
As to redneck stories , I got great ones but I want you to be able to eat.
You probably know it as "Irving"...
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Where did you go to high school? Paintsville or JC?
When I was there the town was dry and they had nothing there to eat except fast food restaurants and a Shoney's. Our school didn't have a cafeteria so we made our rounds to every one of those fast food chains.
Man, there is no way that Nicholasville can beat any of the eastern Kentucky towns with Pikeville being the exception.
Proud JC graduate. Go Eagles tomorrow night, need to bring that championship home. Tough game I'd say thou.
Paintsville has been wet a few years, even has a "party store" called Big Melons. Has a Fazolis now. A Peking Chinese restaurant replaced the old Mandarin House, which sucked. Peking is pretty good thou. A few places have went in over in town.
About the same old place, at least I don't worry to much about mass shootings thou.
Pikeville is no exception, its surrounded by rednecks which invade the city limits. People who live in town aren't bad, but the town is surrounded by them. Just go to the Wal mart.
It's better than most EKy towns though
Granted I have been to Pikeville one time in 13 years and I know they have a lot more restaurants and they're doing well but you're probably right. I grew up in Prestonsburg though and there is no way Pburg is the worst of the worst. I played ball in other parts of the state and visited certain places that was like The Hills Have Eyes.
I know you're from Floyd County, right?
Prestonsburg has its share of rednecks but I would be very surprised if it's really top ten. Neither Prestonsburg or Pikeville are near what some places here are.
EKy is mostly rural so yeah it's got it's share of rednecks and lots enjoy being called that for some reason.
The writer of that article or anybody in this thread has obviously never been to Phelps, PawPaw, Stone, Grapevine or Millard (I could go on). I live in Pike County and in no way is half of those places, especially Prestonsburg, the worst. Hell, Prestonsburg is considered high class in this area.
No possible way. A lot of people in EKY could take a vacation to Nicholasville and think they was living the American dream.
Been to them all, I wouldn't call Prestonsburg high class lol.
Prestonsburg High School was the most hated school in the county by the rest of the county schools, (years back). But it's far better than where you mentioned
If there is such a town considered high class in EKY then Pikeville and Prestonsburg would be on the list.