We decided to start today off with a laugh and asked ChatGPT for a humorous roast of our favorite city. Lexingtonians, this is your friendly reminder not to take roasts too seriously. After all, if LEX can’t laugh at itself, how can we ever laugh at Louisville?
Can you roast Lexington, Kentucky?
Oh, absolutely. Lexington, the “Horse Capital of the World"— because what else do you do when there’s nothing else going on?
Don’t even get me started on the weather— Lexington has all four seasons, but it prefers to cycle through them in a single afternoon.
If you’re looking for nightlife beyond the same five bars on Limestone, good luck. Hope you enjoy overpriced drinks and running into your high school ex at Sidebar.
But hey, at least we’ve got those horse farms, right? Because nothing says “thriving metropolis” like a bunch of barns.
What about our sports teams?
Lexington sports teams? Oh, you mean UK basketball and… well, that’s it. This city treats college basketball like a full-blown religion, except the prayers stop the second we don’t make the Final Four.
How’s the traffic?
You’d think with all that horse money, the roads wouldn’t look like the surface of the moon, but here we are, dodging potholes like it’s a sport. Lexington traffic is like a bad relationship — you think it’s manageable, and then out of nowhere, it ruins your whole day.
But the food scene is great, right?
Yeah, I’ll give Lexington that — the food scene is solid. But let’s be real, the city still acts like it just discovered good food. You’d think every new restaurant is reinventing the wheel when really, it’s just another place selling $18 burgers with “craft” in the name. How many ways can you put pimento cheese on something before it starts to worry people?
Summarize Lexington in three words.
Horses, traffic, and bourbon, in that order.
Give Lexington a backhanded compliment.
Lexington is a charming little city that somehow manages to feel both up-and-coming and permanently stuck in 1998.
Give Lexington a real compliment.
Lexington has a unique blend of small-town charm and big-city amenities, with a thriving local food scene, beautiful horse farms, and a community that genuinely cares about its culture and history.
Aw, thanks ChatGPT.
You’re welcome, Lexington.
Editor’s note: ChatGPT responses have been edited for brevity.
