{"id":398588,"date":"2026-08-05T19:24:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T19:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/398588\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T19:24:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T19:24:23","slug":"what-businesses-do-lubbock-residents-wish-their-city-had-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/398588\/","title":{"rendered":"What Businesses Do Lubbock Residents Wish Their City Had?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lubbock has seen a TON of growth over the past few years. It seems like every time you go out, you notice more and more new buildings popping up all over the place.<\/p>\n<p>Even with all that growth, there are still a few types of businesses we are lacking that get brought into the conversation over and over again.<\/p>\n<p>We all know the usual request. It&#8217;s time we put our heads together and try to think a little bit bigger.<\/p>\n<p>What Does Lubbock Want Most?<\/p>\n<p>Some of us would vote for more bookstores and independent coffee shops. Others are after more indoor activities where you can escape whatever the weather is doing outdoors.<\/p>\n<p>Some of us are dreaming a bit more practically, like, more 24-hour pharmacies. We are seriously low on those. Some neighborhoods don&#8217;t have close enough access to grocery stores, and they&#8217;d like to see one open near them soon.<\/p>\n<p>Read More:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kfmx.com\/kylitos-salsa-15-years\/?utm_source=tsmclip&amp;utm_medium=referral\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">West Texas Salsa Brand Kylito&#8217;s Celebrates 15 Years<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Maybe&#8230;A Pool?<\/p>\n<p>Everyone wants a pool. I haven&#8217;t come across a single person who can truly wrap their mind around a city this size, not having a pool. It makes sense to nobody&#8230;and yet&#8230;here we are.<\/p>\n<p>What Do You Think?<\/p>\n<p>If you have the money to start a business in Lubbock tomorrow, what do you think you&#8217;d come up with? I&#8217;m genuinely curious to hear from my readers!<\/p>\n<p>Reach me at Chrissy.Covington@townsquaremedia.com and tell me what you think! I might even share your answers in a follow-up &#8220;We Asked Lubbock&#8230;&#8221; type of article, so be on the lookout for that next week!<\/p>\n<p>Keep scrolling for more Lubbock fun in the galleries below!<\/p>\n<p>We Asked Lubbock: What\u2019s a Lie You Told as a Kid That You Actually Got Away With?<\/p>\n<p>Some of you are pretty naughty!<\/p>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: Chrissy<\/p>\n<p>8 Delicious Foods My West Texas Granny Always Fed Me<\/p>\n<p>I miss her cooking almost as much as I miss her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: Chrissy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lubbock has seen a TON of growth over the past few years. It seems like every time you&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":398406,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[168,170,169],"class_list":["post-398588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lubbock","tag-lubbock","tag-lubbock-headlines","tag-lubbock-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398588","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=398588"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398588\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/398406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=398588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=398588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=398588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}