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Texas Tech University - Local Atmosphere - Local Atmosphere - College ProwlerCollege Prowler3.46

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Fun Local Trivia
  1. Lubbock was named for the founder of the Texas Rangers, Thomas S. Lubbock, in 1876. His brother was the governor of Texas during the Civil War.
  2. Lubbock is nicknamed the "Hub City" because it is surrounded by five major highways and it resembles the hub of a wagon wheel.
  3. Lubbock is the 10th largest city in Texas.
  4. Lubbock is part of the Llano Estacado, which is the largest contiguous cotton-growing region in the world.
  5. In 1951, Lubbock was home to one of the nation's most famous UFO sightings—a photograph (taken by a Tech student, incidentally) of a V-shaped formation of lights now known as the "Lubbock Lights."
Notable Natives
  • Buddy Holly
  • Natalie Maines
  • Glenna Goodacre
  • Mac Davis
Local Slang
  • AJ: The Avalanche Journal, Lubbock's newspaper and the source of all information that is Lubbock
  • The Depot: Nickname for the Depot District, a popular area of town that's packed with bars
  • Hub City: Lubbock's nickname
  • The LBK: You will hear people around Lubbock referring to Lubbock as the LBK
  • The Loop: Loop 289, the "highway" that loops a big driving circle around Lubbock
  • LP&L: Lubbock Power & Light, the electric company in Lubbock that you will come to know well once you move out of the dorms
  • Y'all: The classic Texas contraction for "you all"
Points of Interest
  • Annual National Cowboy Symposium
  • Buddy Holly Center
  • Buffalo Springs Lake
  • Depot Entertainment District
  • National Ranching Heritage Center
  • South Plains wineries (Caprock Winery, Llano Estacado Winery, Pheasant Ridge Winery, and La Diosa Winery)
  • Texas Tech sporting events
  • Texas Water Rampage
  • Vietnam Archive
  • WWII Silent Wings Museum

Student Author OverviewWhat's This?

It’s not until you graduate and bump into other Lubbock alums that you realize the bond this small town builds between people. Once you have lived in Lubbock, you just get it. It may not have the best shopping, the prettiest landscape, or the greatest service at the one trillion fast food and chain restaurants, but that’s what everyone loves about it! A lot of the students who go to Tech come from big Texas cities like Dallas, San Antonio, Houston, or Austin. Many have been to the classiest restaurants and shopped at the best stores—but on our little college budgets, does that stuff really even matter?

Living and breathing Lubbock (even when it smells like cow pies) imbues a person a with a character that you can’t obtain by going to college in a major city. Lubbock is in the middle of nowhere, which is no doubt a challenge that some people will take head-on, while others will head straight back to that 84 stretch. Those who choose to stick it out will forever have the ability to find fun in any situation. A good time is found in the people you are with, and that makes Lubbock’s atmosphere unbeatable. Lubbock is small, but not too small; slow, but not too slow; and fun, but not too fun. Either you love it or you hate it, and that’s the bottom line.

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Local Atmosphere at Texas Tech University

lizzard333

Music Teacher Education '15

5.0
A+

Its Great

yeah lubbock is a small town, but great places are not about the city as much as they are about the people that live there

May 13, 2012

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aml04

Community Health and Preventive Medicine '12

3.5
B

Local Attractions in Lubbock

While people may complain there isn't much to do in Lubbock, if you honestly take a look at what they do in their home towns vs. Lubbock, it probably isn't much different. Lubbock is the fast food capital of America; there are several large movie theaters; a decent sized mall; a mile long list of quality restaurants (college budget and higher); concerts do actually come to Lubbock to the United Spirit Arena on campus (Taylor Swift, News Boys, Tran-Siberian Orchestra to name only a few over the last 3 months; there are nice parks with hiking/biking trails; bowling; bars (its a college town- there are tons of clubs and bar). The bottom line is that there is plenty to do in Lubbock, much more than what was just listed. Sometimes you just have be creative, or realize you wouldn't be doing anything much more exciting at home anyways. It's not NYC or Dallas, but it has everything any other town of 300,000 people would have.

Mar 10, 2012

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karlanacortright

Kinesiology and Exercise Science '14

4.6
A

Tradition

I love Texas Tech University. I love the tradition and all the great things it offers to its students! Lubbock is a boring city and there isn't much to do or anywhere to go unless you drive a few hours out, but as a university, I love it!

Mar 05, 2012

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Shopping Centers
  • Kingsgate Center
  • Overton Park
  • South Plains Mall
Major Sports Teams
  • The Cotton Kings: Ice Hockey
  • The Renegades: Football
City Web Sites
Distances to Nearest Major Cities
  • Austin: TX: 6 hours, 30 minutes
  • Dallas: TX: 5 hours, 30 minutes
  • San Antonio: TX: 6 hours, 30 minutes

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Cinemark Movies 16
5721 58th St
(806) 792-0357

Show Place 6 ($2 theater)
6707 University Ave.
(806) 745-3636

Tinseltown USA
2535 82nd St.
(806) 748-1067

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