Whoever came up with that gem has never been there in January when a 40 mph north wind is blowing red dirt everywhere and it is 20 degrees. No need to ask how I know about that.
Best at What?? Hell, I live less than an hour from there and could come up with a few responses (not many positive)
That's hilarious. A LAJ writer says his hometown is the best, hands-down. It's the only Big XII town that's "just the right size," and all his assessments seem to be around getting to and from the game - which is weird because he thinks K State is "accessible" - maybe he means AFTER the flight, long drive to the hotel, etc...
The Pirate's guest weather forecast on channel 28 in Lubbuttock: "I actually kind of look forward to hail." "My favorite weather pattern happens to be when it rains mud. Dust comes through, rain on top of it, it rains mud."
People may think you're joking. I was once at a conference there and I heard my hotel window sound like someone was thumbing on my window over and over. It was actually raining mud balls. That's what happens when it rains and having a dust storm at the same time. and it doesn't help being down wind from Hereford.
It's an interesting conundrum. We would want to believe everything in Texas is great, but we have Lubbottucks and College Station. No one's perfect I guess.
I drove into Lubbock in the 70s having never been further that direction than Lampasas and started to shed a tear or two; it was flat, brown and run down looking. I got to the campus area and it was West Campus x2. I was stuck there for three years and didn't want to leave when my time was up. The smell of cattle is the smell of money to a rural fellow like me so that did not bother me. The duststorms and the mudstorms Leach mentions were a novelty and kind of fun. There is no traffic to speak of, the music scene there was and is pretty good and not nearly as ostentatious and over rated as Austin. The people there are pretty good compared to say Dallas or Houston. What is best is determined by what you are looking for, what you find and what you find that you don't like. I used to love Austin but find it grotesque now---it is LA without the charm. Houston and Dallas and Ft Worth are all worth living in but I prefer SA among the big cities. I've been to Ames, which was pretty nice, Stillwater, which is ok, Norman, which is pretty gnarly, have never been to the two Kansas towns or Morgantown. Waco has grown on me over the last fifty years but I started out hating the place. A journalist who lives in Lubbock thinks it is great and writes to that effect. Bowl me over!! It is not football season so I guess we amuse ourselves with such trifles.
Sorry, I have been to Iraq and Lubbock. Doesn't even remotely look the same unless you are looking at the color of the ground as your only comparison. Iraq was much nicer looking...
Like huis, I like the people of Lubbock. However the constant wind irritates me. I guess maybe I could get used to it. Also, no one has mentioned a weather event I find particularly memorable. I remember an august thunderstorm with enormous raindrops falling in my garden ... abandoned because of watering restrictions. Great plumes of dust would fly up when the water hit.
You can't argue his points about Austin. I take the toll road around it these days. That's what you get when your city motto is "Keep Austin Weird". I haven't been to most of the other cities; Lawrence, Manhattan, Stoolwater, etc. But, Ft Worth ain't that bad. Neither is Waco.
Tuberville called in unsolicited to a Lubbock radio talk show and offered his profuse apologies. Said he deserved to be ridiculed for his remarks. Said the interview took place during a pro am and he had specifically been asked to try to be funny during his interview. Indicated his remarks were ill chosen and extolled the virtues of Lubbock at considerable length.
