County Line

As far as I'm concerned there are 3 areas of Kentucky: Lexington, Louisville, and Somewhere.

Seriously, if you/it is not from the first two, then I really don't know where in the state that exactly is. And this is just how most of us who grew up in Lexington and Louisville think. We grew up in a city and we know our own county, but that's about it.

However, if you grew up "Somewhere," then you're from a county. And these somewhere folk get a little miffed at us city folk for not knowing where they are from. Because not only do they know their own county, they know all the surrounding ones, what counties Lexington (Fayette) and Louisville (Jefferson) are, and they know what part of the state that is too.

This is a conversation you have quite often in Lexington/at UK:
Where are you from?
So&so: I grew up in Madison/Laurel/Webster county.
Me: I really don't know where that is.
So&so: Oh it's right next to Estill/Clay/Hopkins county.
me: Yeah.... that doesn't really help...
so&so: ::sigh:: East/West/South/Northern Kentucky.
Me: Oh, ok sure (still no real idea though).

In fairness, there are 120 counties in Kentucky. Like all the somewheres know where all the other somewheres are either.