Shively
Shively is its own city, technically, and likes to remind you. Carved out of southwest Louisville in 1938 mostly to keep the whiskey tax revenue local, a heritage move that tells you most of what you need to know, it remains a tidy grid of midcentury ranches, family-run diners, and bourbon warehouses still doing their angelic exhaling. Dates here are low-stakes and unpretentious: a steak at a place with vinyl booths, then a drive past the rickhouses while one of you explains barrel char. Skip it if you require a skyline view, a tasting menu, or strangers who find your job interesting. Lean in if you do not.
Shively by the numbers
Shively runs male-heavy, about 52% men to 48% women.
Median individual income in Shively is about $28,100.
Kentucky registers voters by party, and Jefferson County is about 56% Democratic to 32% Republican, with a 13% independent-and-other bloc - the Democratic anchor of a red state.
The median renter in Shively pays about $1,050 a month.
About 4,600 Shively residents ages 22 to 50 are single.
Local date spots
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Kentucky Derby Museum
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Louisville Palace Theatre
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Jeff Ruby's Steakhouse, Louisville
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Speed Art Museum
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Proof On Main
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Brendon's Catch 23
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Vincenzo's
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Bud's Tavern
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Bourbons Bistro
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Conrad-Caldwell House Museum
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610 Magnolia
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Liquor Depot
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CURED Restaurant
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High Horse Bar
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Steak & Bourbon - Downtown
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Wild Swann Restaurant
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B.A.D. Boys Ice Cream
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