Your Opinion of Lubbock? (Houston, Dallas: best city, how much, hotel)

[Westerner92]

Originally Posted by juggler

And now you will be hoping to find it anywhere.

KTXT shuts down

Yeah, that really is sad. The college students running it didn't even know it was shutting down until the day it happened. They are trying desperately to bring it back on air,even if it means selling commercials.

[case44]

Originally Posted by WestTx

Lubbock is not a dry county as some suggest. The city of Lubbock currently disallows packaged alcohol sales within city limits. Which means you have to drive to "The Strip" or to the eastern side of the county to pick up any booze. However, it appears all of this is about to change as a petition was successfully put together to put the issue up for a vote in May. And believe me, packaged alcohol sales in the city will pass in a landslide.

Restaurants and bars have been allowed to sell alcohol for decades now without the membership restriction.

Even though I don't drink much, having the May alcohol vote pass will be a significant step toward having new businesses come to the city, including corporations. Yes, I will agree that it will be a huge risk, but sometimes you have to take risks to get growth in your city and see new things happen. There are risks in everything you do, good or bad.

[case44]

Originally Posted by TiltShift

It was a great city for college. I can't see myself returning.

Lubbock is a city of extremes. Extreme weather. Extreme People. Get rid of all the crazy Christians (not all of them! just the crazies) and maybe I could return. I grew up a Lutheran, and honestly I heard once, "Is that a cult?" Yes, a cult--the largest Christian group after Catholics. Also, the religious crazies --> dry city --> alcohol abuse. A lot of people in Lubbock believe that prostitutes and dangerous homeless people are hanging out in front of every beer-selling convenience store in the rest of the world. (Yes, I heard that on a KCBD broadcast one night.) But, I will say, there is a pretty awesome counterculture that exists in Lubbock. The live music scene is great for a city its size. And, KTXT is just about the best college radio station you could hope to find anywhere.

I'm sorry you had, on the one hand, a bad experience. Sometimes a few folks tend to overstep the boundaries of their faiths, and no one should ever have to judge anyone. That said, in the times I've been to Lubbock, I have not experienced that problem with folks I've come in contact with. I've found the people in town to be quite friendly, including when I was eating out for breakfast at a former Skillet's restaurant, and a couple of men saw my then-new Houston Texans cap, and we just started an impromptu conversation, and it was a good morning. And I will affirm your belief in the live music scene --- they do have it and they need more of it.

Originally Posted by juggler

And now you will be hoping to find it anywhere.

KTXT shuts down

I found out last night. Very surprising. I still believe, after many shutdowns that KTXT has had, that I'm sure the students will do whatever is in their power to revive it.

[Westerner92]

Does anyone else have anything to say about Lubbock? I'm interested in hearing visitors' opinions/experiences with Lubbock.

[High_Plains_Retired]

Originally Posted by Westerner92

Does anyone else have anything to say about Lubbock? I'm interested in hearing visitors' opinions/experiences with Lubbock.

I mentioned in a previous post that I like Lubbock a lot. However, I might add that my family lived there the mid-1980s. In fact, my family is planning to move back to the Lubbock area hopefully this summer if the economic sky does not completely collapse before then.

I've been watching home prices around Lubbock for several years now and they have been relatively stable to slightly rising like most areas of Texas. However, if oil prices stay low much longer, many areas in Texas will undoubtedly see a hit to their real estate markets. I was a Lubbock homeowner who sold my home there in the 1980s when oil and farm prices were down. It wasn't a good, or profitable, experience. I have also been watching home prices in New Mexico for some time and l believe I can see lower oil prices already starting to affect New Mexico real estate. However, outside of being directly involved in the real estate business, I think that a longer observation period will be needed to be sure of what I'm seeing. It could just be the declining national economy.

[Westerner92]

Originally Posted by High_Plains_Retired

I mentioned in a previous post that I like Lubbock a lot. However, I might add that my family lived there the mid-1980s. In fact, my family is planning to move back to the Lubbock area hopefully this summer if the economic sky does not completely collapse before then.

I've been watching home prices around Lubbock for several years now and they have been relatively stable to slightly rising like most areas of Texas. However, if oil prices stay low much longer, many areas in Texas will undoubtedly see a hit to their real estate markets. I was a Lubbock homeowner who sold my home there in the 1980s when oil and farm prices were down. It wasn't a good, or profitable, experience. I have also been watching home prices in New Mexico for some time and l believe I can see lower oil prices already starting to affect New Mexico real estate. However, outside of being directly involved in the real estate business, I think that a longer observation period will be needed to be sure of what I'm seeing. It could just be the declining national economy.

Is Lubbock's real estate really affected by oil? I think it's odd that an industry that doesn't have much of a presence would affect our market. My house is going up in value anyway.

[High_Plains_Retired]

Originally Posted by Westerner92

Is Lubbock's real estate really affected by oil? I think it's odd that an industry that doesn't have much of a presence would affect our market. My house is going up in value anyway.

Lubbock real estate was certainly affected in the 1980s and fairly dramatically. All of Texas economics are affected by oil prices although some areas are affected more than others. Lubbock's proximity to the Permian Basin makes it vulnerable.

[Westerner92]

I'm going to move the thread back up. Does anybody else have anything to say?

[whitegiant]

are there anyother people besides mcdougal that like to develope Lubbock? so far it seems that he is the only one who has major projects going on to grow lubbock

[case44]

Originally Posted by whitegiant

are there anyother people besides mcdougal that like to develope Lubbock? so far it seems that he is the only one who has major projects going on to grow lubbock

I wish Trammell Crow or Ross Perot, Jr, or anyone in Houston could go out there and at least experiment with new ideas. Can you imagine renowned architects descending on Lubbock?? They could.