AK Steel (the horrible steel plant) is actually in Russell, KY - but Russell is a smaller city, so it gets lumped in with Ashland.
I'm not even quite sure where the mounds are located, to be honest. I think they're in south Ashland - somewhere I typically am not to be found.
And yes, the "duct tape bandit" was from here, but fortunately, the majority of locals aren't that stupid.
The parts of Ashland I'm more accustomed to seeing are:
Near the edge of our park:
Downtown, the only real "urban-ish" part of the area:
The interior of the theatre I'm currently performing in:
It's not great, but it's not total **** either. I've been to far worse places.