Sorry, did not mean to step on toes. I love Paducah itself and the people are the friendliest of ant place I've visited, As for the older part of town, mant of the shops were empty, the ones I went into were very nice and the candy shop is still the best!
When my husband there several years ago it was really different, I did go to Hancocks on my way out of town, I was just really disappointed in the quilt museum.