Lubbock<\/a> is, by and large, a friendly place. People here wave, make eye contact, hold doors, and strike up conversations in grocery store aisles. A few extra \u201cWelcome to Lubbock\u201d signs scattered around town wouldn\u2019t hurt a thing. Sure, they might fade into the background over time, but they\u2019re still a small, positive gesture\u2014and sometimes that\u2019s enough to put a smile on someone\u2019s face.<\/p>\nIf you\u2019ve flown into town recently, you may have noticed the \u201cWelcome to Lubbock\u201d signage wrapped around the baggage carousels at the airport. They\u2019re clean, modern, and nicely designed. But to me, they feel just a little\u2026 unfinished. Beneath the logo is a colored bar that looks like it should say something meaningful, yet it\u2019s completely blank. Once I noticed it, I couldn\u2019t unsee it.<\/p>\n
Naturally, that raised the question: what should it say?<\/p>\n
The Obvious Answer vs. the Fun Ones<\/p>\n
The most logical choice is probably something like \u201cHome of Texas Tech University.\u201d A large percentage of visitors are here for games, campus events, or university business, and that slogan would make perfect sense. Another route could be a safe, Chamber-of-Commerce-approved line like \u201cOnce you\u2019re here, you\u2019re family\u201d or something equally polished and inoffensive.<\/p>\n
But then there\u2019s the other side of the coin.<\/p>\n
Lubbock is also a city with a sense of humor\u2014sometimes dry, sometimes dark, often self-aware. And that\u2019s where things get interesting.<\/p>\n
Instead of steering the conversation, I decided to turn it over to our Facebook audience with zero guidance and zero judgment. I didn\u2019t ask for funny answers. I didn\u2019t ask for positive or negative ones. I simply asked:<\/p>\n
\u201cAdd one sentence to the bottom of this sign. What should it say?\u201d<\/p>\n
The Internet Did What the Internet Does<\/p>\n
The response was immediate and overwhelming. More than 150 answers rolled in, ranging from clever and heartfelt to sarcastic, brutally honest, and laugh-out-loud funny. It turns out that when you give people a blank space and no rules, creativity shows up in force.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve pulled together the first 50 or so responses to share here, and they\u2019re absolutely worth your time. If you want to read all of them, just scroll past the photos and head straight to the original Facebook thread. Fair warning: you may find yourself nodding in agreement, laughing out loud, or wondering how some people came up with their answers in the first place.<\/p>\n
Welcome To Lubbock<\/p>\n
Gallery Credit: Nessmania<\/p>\n
Top 10 Things To Expect In Lubbock, Texas<\/p>\n
Gallery Credit: Nessmania<\/p>\n
10 Things That Would Make Lubbock Less Boring<\/p>\n
Gallery Credit: Nessmania<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It all started with the \u201cWelcome to Lubbock\u201d sign at the airport. To be honest, I wish we…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":121348,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[168,170,169],"class_list":{"0":"post-121347","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lubbock","8":"tag-lubbock","9":"tag-lubbock-headlines","10":"tag-lubbock-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121347\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}