Crime and cost of living in your area.

We live in Russellville, Ky. 30 minutes from Bowling Green (home of Holley, beech bend raceway and the corvette factory) and an hour from Nashville. We just bought a 3 bed, 2 bath house on 4 acres, 10 minutes from town for $275k in June and that was in the middle of the housing market boom. There is occasional crime, like anywhere, but I’ve never felt uncomfortable to leave my truck parked outside (or at Walmart) with the keys in it. Our lows here might be in the teens, highs around 100-102*.