Look at a map and notice how close Burkesville is to Lake Cumberland. The terrain is much more, uh, bumpy or acutely hilly than it is near Danville, which is more gently rolling. Not mountainous, mind you, but the roads tend to be narrower and more winding. You know the pictures of thoroubred horses frolicking in rolling fields? Not here.
Lake C. is a pretty big lake. One or two of the country's biggest houseboat makers are located, I think, in or near Somerset or Jamestown. The Cumberland River (runs by B-Ville) is allegedly a good trout fishery but I didn't do any good. Not that that means anything.
The people in that area are mostly good, salt-of-the earth people. This is country, but it sure ain't Deliverance. My big-city assumptions got kicked in the rear when I overheard some rather well-informed discussions about the stock market from a couple of goodoleboys at Hardees. It's not well known that Glasgow, KY was the first completely-wired city in the US (internet-wise).
Would I live there? No. I still need to try to make a living and & don't understand the economics of the area. Also, I'm way too used to bigger-city life. I'd miss having a Monster Grocery, 24-hour Home Depot, and decent airport all within a 15 minute drive. Perhaps as much as folks here would miss being able to hunt whitetail from their back decks. I'd also miss nicer restaurants. Most if not all counties in the area are "dry" (alchohol sales illegal), so it's harder to make money running a restaurant. And you sure can't have your restaurant subsidise more expensive food with its booze sales. Hence, fewer fine dining places. Of course, these are my personal tastes, preferences and opinions.
However, you probably shouldn't make a real estate decision based on what you read from boneheads on the internet.