{"id":390674,"date":"2026-07-29T15:21:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T15:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/390674\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T15:21:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T15:21:14","slug":"things-lubbock-gets-unfairly-criticized-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/390674\/","title":{"rendered":"Things Lubbock Gets Unfairly Criticized For"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you hang out on the internet, and I know you do, you’re bound to have come across more than one person taking a shot at Lubbock. It’s usually somebody who had a bad experience and decided to write us off altogether.\u00a0The thing is, those types of people aren’t exactly fully qualified to give a review of the city that speaks for the rest of us.<\/p>\n

We aren’t perfect. Nobody would say we are. But there are several things we catch flak for over and over again, and they really aren’t as bad as people make them out to be.<\/p>\n

“There’s Nothing To Do Here!”\"manPhoto by Sander Sammy<\/a> on Unsplash<\/a>man in white long sleeve shirt<\/p>\n

Oh, come on! This one always makes me laugh.<\/p>\n

Concerts, comedy shows, breweries, escape rooms, museums, parks, college sports, bar life, festivals, golf tournaments, bowling, restaurants for days…<\/p>\n

Sure…nothing.<\/p>\n

“It’s Just Flat”\"brownPhoto by Valentin Salja<\/a> on Unsplash<\/a>brown field under white clouds and blue sky during daytime<\/p>\n

Um.<\/p>\n

Yeah.<\/p>\n

We are in West Texas.<\/p>\n

Thanks for coming to my TED Talks.<\/p>\n

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“It’s Ugly.”\"aPhoto by Bobby Mc Leod<\/a> on Unsplash<\/a>a close up of a fish on a rock<\/p>\n

I mean, so are you, but we still invite you over to watch the game…<\/p>\n

Kidding.<\/p>\n

Beauty is subjective, y’all, and we aren’t trying to be a resort town. Get over it.<\/p>\n

“Everyone Wants To Leave.”\"aPhoto by Alicia Christin Gerald<\/a> on Unsplash<\/a>a room with boxes and a window<\/p>\n

Then why do so many of them come crawling back with their tail between their legs?<\/p>\n

“The Food Isn’t Good.”\"rottenPhoto by Maria Teneva<\/a> on Unsplash<\/a>rotten green apple<\/p>\n

That’s just lazy criticism right there.<\/p>\n

We’ve got amazing food and plenty of options. Lubbock loves to eat!<\/p>\n

“It’s Too Small.”\"selectivePhoto by Alaric Duan<\/a> on Unsplash<\/a>selective focus of pink petaled flower<\/p>\n

That’s probably one of our strengths. Big enough to matter to the rest of the world and small enough not to be bothered much. I see no issues.<\/p>\n

The Thing Is…\"Chrissy\"ChrissyChrissy<\/p>\n

Lubbock isn’t trying to be anything but what it is, a city full of people doing their best to raise their families right, enjoy their lives, and retire with a little extra cash to travel the world in an RV.\u00a0What’s so wrong with that?<\/p>\n

Sure, we’ve got problems, but at the end of the day, this is home.\u00a0If you don’t like something, be part of the solution instead of complaining. You just might make a difference.<\/p>\n

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It’s not perfect, but it’s home, and I’ll love this place no matter what.<\/p>\n

Gallery Credit: Chrissy<\/p>\n

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Gallery Credit: Chrissy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you hang out on the internet, and I know you do, you’re bound to have come across…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":390675,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[168,170,169,223],"class_list":["post-390674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lubbock","tag-lubbock","tag-lubbock-headlines","tag-lubbock-news","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390674","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=390674"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390674\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/390675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=390674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=390674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}