Talk:Pikeville, Kentucky

Cut-through
Added a section on the Pikeville Cut-through and Pikeville College. The photo was the best one I could find in my collection. If I would have tried to take it at any other angles I would have had to climb out on top of "the cage." :) -Campaigner444 05:47, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

You should have climbed out on the cage. I done it when I was teenager in the 80s. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.34.208.238 (talk) 13:35, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

IRRESPONSIBLE MEDIA
Bold text You will see a very strange fact by comparing per capita median incomes of males in Pikeville, KY with those of males in Santa Barbara, Ca, that those of Santa Barbara are only roughly 80% as high as males of Pikeville, KY....the media is TOTALLY irresponsible for creating the wrong statistical impression of the Appalachian area of Eastern Kentucky and its citizens. It is a fact that many high school kids literally drive Hummers to school every day in this little Kentucky town. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.6.42.117 (talk • contribs) 02:07, August 20, 2006


 * No, really? As if the stereotype of hillbillies wasn't a hint. I know someone who drives a ferrari to my school.
 * Fact is, most of the buildings in downtown Pikeville are lawyer's offices, doctors and the like. So of course most of the population here is going to be towards the wealthy side. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.209.169.2 (talk • contribs) 01:13, November 23, 2006


 * Unfortunately, this is something beyond just the media. Kentucky has a reputation that goes back to the pioneering days as being rural and poor. It'll take a long, long time to get that erased. Honestly, though, I doubt it ever will. It's become a part of our culture, as "Hillbilly Days" shows. -- Kesh 04:35, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

I Grew up in Pikeville,KY in the 70s,80s & early 90s. I then joined the USMC and traveled most of our nation and 5 different countries. I came home and got an eductation in Industrial Electricity at Mayo Technical College in Paintsville,KY (1996-1999). I then moved to Knoxville,TN where I still live today. In all of my travels I have never experienced any stereotype being hung on me or my hometown. Come to think of it I can't recall this issue ever being headline news (I will admit it has been a blip on the media radar) in any media channels. The only place this is an issue is in eastern KY. The people of eastern KY need to get over this and drop there misplaced pride and move on. I dont nor do I think that any one from eastern KY should ever have to explain or defend there heritage. In closing Be proud of your heritage for what it is not what it isn't. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.34.208.238 (talk) 13:33, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

Big Sandy Community and Technical College
The article "Education" says that Big Sandy Community and Technical College is located in Pikeville. This is inacurate as Big Sandy Community and Technical College is located in Prestonsburg, Kentucky. You ask for a source? I am a resident of Prestonsburg. Most commonly referred to as Prestonsburg Community College (PCC)Lynyrd skynyrd fan 07:47, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

You need to visit Pikeville because Big Sandy Community and Techinical College is located across the street from the Expo Center. PCC has for some years had a satelite campus in Pikeville. Here is a source for you I grew up in Pikeville KY and I attended PCC in Pikeville in the fall of 92 when the campus was located by the riverfill 10 theatre (before the theatre was there). Big Sandy Community and Technical College in Pikeville is kind of like a combo of PCC (Prestonsburg, KY) and Mayo Technical College (Paintsville, KY). My source for this Knowledge is that I graduated (1999) from Mayo Technical College in Paintsville, KY in the field of Industrial Electricity. My last year at MTC they were starting the building project for the Big Sandy Community and Technical College. Lastly I am pretty sure these schools are a part of the University of Kentucky community college system. In essence they are no different than other Community/Technical college's in small towns across the state of Kentucky. They both share the Big Sandy title because any east Kentucky native knows that the Big Sandy River runs through the Big Sandy valley. The river originates at the Breaks Interstate Park (Elkhorncity, KY) and flows north through they valley toward Prestonsburg. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.34.208.238 (talk) 13:18, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

Orphaned references in Pikeville, Kentucky
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Reference named "ren": From La Grange, Kentucky: Accessed 16 May 2010. From Irvine, Kentucky:  From Camargo, Kentucky: Rennick, Robert M. Kentucky Place Names. The University Press of Kentucky (Lexington), 1988. ISBN: 0-8131-0179-4. From Cadiz, Kentucky: Rennick, Robert. Kentucky Place Names, p. 45. University Press of Kentucky (Lexington), 1987. Accessed 22 Jul 2013. From Paintsville, Kentucky: Rennick, Robert. Kentucky Place Names, p. 225. University Press of Kentucky (Lexington), 1987. Accessed 25 September 2013. From Harlan, Kentucky:  From Liberty, Kentucky: Rennick, Robert. Kentucky Place Names, pp. 171–172. University Press of Kentucky (Lexington), 1987. Accessed 1 Aug 2013. From Independence, Kentucky: </li> <li>From Jeffersonville, Kentucky: Accessed 6 Nov 2009.</li> <li>From Frankfort, Kentucky: Rennick, Robert M. (1993) Kentucky's Bluegrass: A Survey of the Post Offices, pp. 91 & 99. Lake Grove, Oregon: The Depot, ISBN 0-943645-31-X.</li> <li>From Paris, Kentucky: Rennick, Robert. Kentucky Place Names, p. 226. University Press of Kentucky (Lexington), 1987. Accessed 1 Aug 2013.</li> <li>From Hindman, Kentucky: Rennick, Robert. Kentucky Place Names, p. 141. University Press of Kentucky (Lexington), 1987. Accessed 30 Jul 2013.</li> <li>From Jamestown, Kentucky: </li> <li>From Morgantown, Kentucky: Rennick, Robert. Kentucky Place Names, p. 203. University Press of Kentucky (Lexington), 1987. Accessed 1 Aug 2013.</li> <li>From Middlesboro, Kentucky: Rennick, Robert. Kentucky Place Names, p. 196. University Press of Kentucky (Lexington), 1987. Accessed 26 Aug 2013.</li> <li>From Manchester, Kentucky: Rennick, Robert. Kentucky Place Names, p. 186. University Press of Kentucky (Lexington), 1987. Accessed 1 Aug 2013.</li> <li>From Jeffersontown, Kentucky: Rennick, Robert. Kentucky Place Names, p. 152. University Press of Kentucky (Lexington), 1987. Accessed 1 Aug 2013.</li> <li>From Paducah, Kentucky: Rennick, Robert. Kentucky Place Names, p. 224. University Press of Kentucky (Lexington), 1987. Accessed 1 Aug 2013.</li> <li>From Hickman, Kentucky: </li> <li>From Lancaster, Kentucky: Rennick, Robert. Kentucky Place Names, p. 165. University Press of Kentucky (Lexington), 1987. Accessed 6 Aug 2013.</li> <li>From Harrodsburg, Kentucky: </li> <li>From Clinton, Kentucky: Rennick, Robert. Kentucky Place Names, p. 61. University Press of Kentucky (Lexington), 1987. Accessed 24 Jul 2013.</li> <li>From Greenville, Kentucky: </li> <li>From London, Kentucky: Rennick, Robert. Kentucky Place Names, p. 178. University Press of Kentucky (Lexington), 1987. Accessed 1 Aug 2013.</li> <li>From Jackson, Kentucky: Rennick, Robert. Kentucky Place Names, p. 151. University Press of Kentucky (Lexington), 1987. Accessed 1 Aug 2013.</li> <li>From Fleming-Neon, Kentucky: </li> <li>From Greensburg, Kentucky: </li> <li>From Loyall, Kentucky: Rennick, Robert. Kentucky Place Names, p. 180. University Press of Kentucky (Lexington), 1987. Accessed 10 Aug 2013.</li> <li>From Hartford, Kentucky: </li> </ul>

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