Lubbock.
"Lubbock is usually referred to as a city with a small town feel. In many ways this is accurate. It's also referred to, or has the atmosphere of, an island. Considering that the closest major cities are five hours away, and Amarillo is two hours away, this also seems accurate. Both of these ideas are isolating, closed off, incestuous even. I think that Lubbock, like any other town in any country, is like a cave. Traveling through it, one goes from chamber to chamber, each seeming like its own end. But the chambers open into one another, sometimes smaller, sometimes bigger. Sometimes they go up or down, or have a variety of optional directions. Finally you reach a large chamber and its one you recognize, because it's one you've been in before, attached to another small town or large city, and you realize you been both going somewhere unrecognizable and going really no where new. The citizens of Lubbock feel the city is unique, but the truth is: Lubbock is no where new."
"describing Lubbock to someone who has never been here?? Don't bother!!!!!"
"Normally I say: "Ugh...Lubbock kinda sucks. It's the bible belt so people are very narrow minded and I can't stand it. But the people I hang out with are cool about everything..it's just that the majority of Lubbock doesn't. I don't really like it.."
Which is true! I love all of y'all :D But I cannot stand Lubbock, TX (sorry to those who love it) Blegh. I tell people to stay away or when I say "ugh lubbock sucks" the response is usually "oh yeah" (that seems to be the consensus in Austin anyway haha)"
"Moderate sized city with all the charm of a small town- including its generally prejudiced insular mentality. The only reason Lubbock is so large is Tech. There is little to do for people over the age of 15 or so. Unless you want to drink your liver to hell. Or want to randomly bang some soon to be faceless person and catch an STD in the process. West Texas as a whole needs to bring in new forms of entertainment. It needs to encourage cultural growth rather than chastising those who dare to be different. And Lubbock is the epitome of that attitude. But I stand by my original statement- its a small town on a larger scale. All the positives of one and all the negatives."
"I usually say that their are two sides to Lubbock. There is the cool, hip side and everything else. E.A.T. fits under cool and hip. It has its positives and negatives. It's a nice place to call home, but I don't want to live here forever."
"I usually say, "I liked living in Lubbock while I had to, but I left when school was done. The school and campus life are great. I loved every minute I was at Tech. There doesn't seem to be alot to do in Lubbock, but there are some surprisingly lively places once you find them. The city is dead if you don't go looking for something to do because it isn't going to come to you. There really are educated, interesting people in town they just are not the ones speaking up in town meetings and in the newspapers. I liked living there short term, but I could never make it my home"
"Lubbock is a great place to hide out or start over--a strange collection of people and buildings in the middle of vast, mystical nowhere desert grassland. Tornadoes in the spring, snow in the winter. Some sketchy elements, but you have to live here a while to notice them. It's easy to forget the rest of the country, living here. It's easy to lose sight of a larger world, of possibilities. Staying here too long is like taking a midday nap and then waking up to find you've been sleeping for days and missed something important."
"flat. dry. windy. with lots of land. when i think of lubbock i think of the color orange. i don't know why."
"This is how I have described it to people who have asked--
Lubbock is great if you:
are white, protestant, a little bit to a lot racist, and uncultured;
are afraid of communists, liberals, feminists, Buddhists, Catholics, Muslims and various other brown-type people;
are convinced that Jesus is returning next Thursday and is going to be REALLY pissed off;
think Taco Bell is awesome Mexican food;
know that this is the year Tech will go all the way if they can just get past UT;
think using Axe body spray is sign of sophistication;
own six Tech ball caps but only wear the most beat up one because it "has character";
like dirt;
like tumbleweeds;
like half-assed BBQ (don't argue, you people know it's true);
have uttered the phrase "Git 'er dunn" as a punchline at a party;
at this very moment are trying to come up with a response to the BBQ observation because you KNOW the BBQ in Lubbock is just as good as any other place...right? (hint: the answer is no);
know that all the bad people live on the other side of the highway, far away from all the normal folks;
find comfort in the fact that you don't live in a real shit hole like Amarillo;
have no clue how a mosh-pit works, but it won't stop you from dropkicking a twelve year old in the face when Toby Keith plays that song about "puttin' a boot up some towel head's ass";
have a knee-jerk reaction of self-righteous indignation to everything in this post while simultaneously having no idea what the word "indignation" means."
"If I had to use one word to describe Lubbock, it would be comfortable. Aesthetically, it's ugly and flat as hell and there's something very oppressive about that for me, but it's easy to navigate, affordable to live in, and there's not a lot of crime considering it's population. It's definitely a college town, so you'd think there would be a lot more going on for that age group, but there isn't. I think that's the result of it being at least 5 hours from any other major city, keeping it secluded from artistic or any kind of major influences, or at least delaying the influences in reaching the city. It's probably the best for raising kids and starting a post college graduation life, but I think because of that it can trap you and it's not surprising if you "wake up" one day and realize how little it really has to offer.""
"describing Lubbock to someone who has never been here?? Don't bother!!!!!"
"Normally I say: "Ugh...Lubbock kinda sucks. It's the bible belt so people are very narrow minded and I can't stand it. But the people I hang out with are cool about everything..it's just that the majority of Lubbock doesn't. I don't really like it.."
Which is true! I love all of y'all :D But I cannot stand Lubbock, TX (sorry to those who love it) Blegh. I tell people to stay away or when I say "ugh lubbock sucks" the response is usually "oh yeah" (that seems to be the consensus in Austin anyway haha)"
"Moderate sized city with all the charm of a small town- including its generally prejudiced insular mentality. The only reason Lubbock is so large is Tech. There is little to do for people over the age of 15 or so. Unless you want to drink your liver to hell. Or want to randomly bang some soon to be faceless person and catch an STD in the process. West Texas as a whole needs to bring in new forms of entertainment. It needs to encourage cultural growth rather than chastising those who dare to be different. And Lubbock is the epitome of that attitude. But I stand by my original statement- its a small town on a larger scale. All the positives of one and all the negatives."
"I usually say that their are two sides to Lubbock. There is the cool, hip side and everything else. E.A.T. fits under cool and hip. It has its positives and negatives. It's a nice place to call home, but I don't want to live here forever."
"I usually say, "I liked living in Lubbock while I had to, but I left when school was done. The school and campus life are great. I loved every minute I was at Tech. There doesn't seem to be alot to do in Lubbock, but there are some surprisingly lively places once you find them. The city is dead if you don't go looking for something to do because it isn't going to come to you. There really are educated, interesting people in town they just are not the ones speaking up in town meetings and in the newspapers. I liked living there short term, but I could never make it my home"
"Lubbock is a great place to hide out or start over--a strange collection of people and buildings in the middle of vast, mystical nowhere desert grassland. Tornadoes in the spring, snow in the winter. Some sketchy elements, but you have to live here a while to notice them. It's easy to forget the rest of the country, living here. It's easy to lose sight of a larger world, of possibilities. Staying here too long is like taking a midday nap and then waking up to find you've been sleeping for days and missed something important."
"flat. dry. windy. with lots of land. when i think of lubbock i think of the color orange. i don't know why."
"This is how I have described it to people who have asked--
Lubbock is great if you:
are white, protestant, a little bit to a lot racist, and uncultured;
are afraid of communists, liberals, feminists, Buddhists, Catholics, Muslims and various other brown-type people;
are convinced that Jesus is returning next Thursday and is going to be REALLY pissed off;
think Taco Bell is awesome Mexican food;
know that this is the year Tech will go all the way if they can just get past UT;
think using Axe body spray is sign of sophistication;
own six Tech ball caps but only wear the most beat up one because it "has character";
like dirt;
like tumbleweeds;
like half-assed BBQ (don't argue, you people know it's true);
have uttered the phrase "Git 'er dunn" as a punchline at a party;
at this very moment are trying to come up with a response to the BBQ observation because you KNOW the BBQ in Lubbock is just as good as any other place...right? (hint: the answer is no);
know that all the bad people live on the other side of the highway, far away from all the normal folks;
find comfort in the fact that you don't live in a real shit hole like Amarillo;
have no clue how a mosh-pit works, but it won't stop you from dropkicking a twelve year old in the face when Toby Keith plays that song about "puttin' a boot up some towel head's ass";
have a knee-jerk reaction of self-righteous indignation to everything in this post while simultaneously having no idea what the word "indignation" means."
"If I had to use one word to describe Lubbock, it would be comfortable. Aesthetically, it's ugly and flat as hell and there's something very oppressive about that for me, but it's easy to navigate, affordable to live in, and there's not a lot of crime considering it's population. It's definitely a college town, so you'd think there would be a lot more going on for that age group, but there isn't. I think that's the result of it being at least 5 hours from any other major city, keeping it secluded from artistic or any kind of major influences, or at least delaying the influences in reaching the city. It's probably the best for raising kids and starting a post college graduation life, but I think because of that it can trap you and it's not surprising if you "wake up" one day and realize how little it really has to offer.""
