Paintsville, Prestonsburg are in Eastern KY. Coal mining country. They have good high school wrestlers over there.

I live in central KY, called the Bluegrass region 30 miles north of Lexington in a town called Cynthiana. I am originally not from KY and was born and raised in Massachusetts, went to college in RI at a school named Providence in 1970, and spent 27.5 years in the military. I even spent 2.5 years in Tehran, Iran when the Shah was in power.  

Like you say I love the culture and ways of the people of KY. It is a beautiful place. I was not happy in the North East, the weather is too harsh, although right now, I'm sure, the Autumn time is fantastic. Winter is too long and too harsh. LOL- This may change , however, if Al Gore is right.

There are great people everywhere in the USA like Woody Guthrie said.

KY is just right 4 seasons and plenty of farms. God has been very good to me.

Peace. I am going now. Have a wonderful weekend!!