5 Great Things About Living in Lubbock

Let's start with the fact that a lot of people in Lubbock can't drive. It's true. Those small town folks move to Lubbock and still run around like they live in a town with one traffic light.

Still, we have very little traffic. Instead of it being a daily occurrence, maybe once a month an accident will bring things to a stand-still, but that's about it. Trust me, that constant stop and go and/or crawling traffic that other cities have to deal with will make you insane.

From beautiful sunsets to being able to see the stars at night, Lubbock has so much sky. It's one of those things that you don't even realize you have until you don't have it anymore. I suggest you grab a margarita and watch the sun go down some evening. It's pretty impressive.

Lubbock actually is a pretty tidy town. It still may not be as clean as you like, but there's not a ton of litter (probably because the wind blows it away). There's also very little graffiti, dilapidated buildings (not counting Citizen's Tower) or other things that can give the town a junky look.

In Lubbock, people don't seem to go out of their way to be hateful. The illusion that we all get along helps us all get along. It's not the best case scenario, but it's a good start. We do have our fair share of judgmental, racist and homophobic folks, but at least they'll be nice to you in public. With that said, there's always hope that they'll forget to be mean altogether.

You probably take chicken friend steaks, fajitas, barbecue and big burritos for granted, but you shouldn't. There are a lot of areas of our country that can't handle the spice or the smoke that goes into Lubbock cuisine. Sure, we share a lot of this cuisine with a lot of our neighbors, but you can't blame them for having good taste.