Observations

Groups we don’t get

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Nov. 9, 2026

I shared a post earlier with some of our group’s answers to questions we asked about our midterm worries and the qualities we want in our leaders and half-baked ideas for making two voting groups. But we also asked us this one:

Besides Democrats or Republicans (and besides Cards or Cats), what’s a Louisville “party” you’ll never quite understand?

So much of what we shared made me laugh.

We wrote in about Norton Commons, “parade attendees,” people who don’t use their turn signal, “the bike lane people,” “the soccer people,” people who love Derby, people who hate Derby, the people in Louisville who seem to hate Louisville, Friends of Coal, rollerbladers, Bourbonism, the Midwestern vs. Southern debate (“Why not both?”).

The most common answer had to do with our schools, with the St. X-Trinity rivalry coming up a lot (and one of us adding Assumption vs. Sacred Heart).

Here are just five quotes I wanted to share…

What’s a Louisville “party” you’ll never quite understand?

If someone you know is the kind of person who’s interested in exploring what’s best and what might be a bit better about Louisville, I’d love it if you’d nominate them to join the weekly conversation. And I wonder: What’s a Louisville “party” you feel like you’ll never quite understand? Lemme know: josh@louisville.com