Declining population in Irvine, Ravenna and Estill County

Our young people often want to leave this county. Why? Why does Irvine and Ravenna have less people than they did during the Great Depression?

At one time, Irvine had more people than either Morehead, London, Williamsburg, Grayson, Versailles, Berea, Lawrenceburg, Monticello, Stanford, Lancaster and many other towns across the commonwealth of KY. What happened? Why are we falling behind? What are we going to do about it? Do we want to continue to fall behind? Hey, we are as close to the Lexington metropolitan area as some of these towns. We can do better. Not by campaign promises but action.

Where are these economic exiles relocating to and why are they doing so. Are these growing central KY towns doing that much to attract business. NO. People seem to be more satisfied in driving from Lancaster to Lexington than they do from Irvine to Lexington. Maybe we need to look at the image of our community and work together to correct some of the societal wrongs. Irvine is as close to the booming Lexington metropolitan area as Lawrenceburg, Lancaster, Berea, Stanford, etc.. Somehow Estill County's youth want to get out of here. Why? We the people and the politicians need to figure this out.