Southland
Southland is mid-century Lexington with the receipts: brick ranches, mature trees, and the kind of block where the same families have traded mowers for thirty years. The Southland Drive strip carries the social weight, with long-running diners, a bowling alley that refuses to die, and a few bars that punch above their zip code. The dating crowd skews settled, older, and quietly loyal to their regulars, which is charming if you are in and frustrating if you are new. Tradeoff: warmth and walkable pockets, but the scene is small and the newcomers are few.
Southland by the numbers
Southland runs male-heavy, about 57% men to 43% women.
Median individual income in Southland is about $43,100.
Kentucky registers voters by party, and Fayette County is about 52% Democratic to 34% Republican, with 14% Other - a blue island in red Kentucky.
The median renter in Southland pays about $1,170 a month.
About 5,900 Southland residents ages 22 to 50 are single.
Local date spots
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Dave's Hot Chicken
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Bourbon n' Toulouse
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Southland Lanes
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Marikka's Restaurant & Bier Stube
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Taziki's Mediterranean Cafe - Southland Drive
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The Cellar Bar & Grille
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O’Neill’s
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Cocktails Bar & Grill
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Leestown Coffee House
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South of Wrigley
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Viva Mexico - Lexington, KY
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Mai Thai Restaurant
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Bad Ass Coffee of Hawaii