I see a lot of questions about Lubbock from potential new lubbockites or whatever you want to call them and the answers all over the place. I just wanted to make some very straight up points about the city from a citizen who has lived here his whole life (45 years).
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Lubbock isn’t anymore racist compared to any other city in the nation. Some people make it sound like we have klan rallies. I am a Hispanic male, old gang related tattoos and I have never had a problem in this city. I have lived in the bad side and good side of town. I have never ever experienced racism in any form that I am aware of and if I did it wasn’t enough to make me even think about it. Some have stated it’s systematic racism, yeah like most cities in the nation but nothing is keeping you on that side of town. It’s not like there is a line you cannot cross or that it’s a sun down town where your ass better be back on your side of town before the sun goes down.
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Crime is mostly domestic in this city. Any violent crime is usually domestic as well and not random. Yes we have a lot of car break ins but who doesn’t?!?! You are not going to get mugged in this city. Not saying it doesn’t happen, but it’s not wide spread and common like larger cities. There has been cases of it but name one city of this size that doesn’t?
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Housing… we have tons of it. New sub divisions are going up like crazy. New homes are decently built. People will bash Betenbough home and other builders but they have gotten better. They were a major issue in the past though.
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Sides of town to avoid: this one is touchy. I honestly prefer the North Side which is the Arnett Benson neighborhood (mostly Hispanic) or the East Side (mostly black), mainly because the food is better. However they are more less low income neighborhoods and come with lower property value. I would say to stay away from neighborhoods with a high number of rental homes, your realtor can fill you in with those neighborhoods. Also the neighborhood off of 66th and Ave Q. Mainly because I lived in one for years and the crime seemed higher and I would always see cops at multiple homes on my block. Plus rental properties are like a revolving door for tenets.
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Is Lubbock safe for trans/gay community? Short answer YES. No one cares if you are gay or trans. Some people have made it seem like we have weekly gay bashing rides where we go looking for gays to beat up. I have very very close family that’s gay and they have zero issues. The issues you will get are from the young kids in Jr High or High school calling someone a slur. Yeah you may hear it from others but rarely if any. We have a large gay/trans community, clubs, night clubs, marches and zero problems. If I felt Lubbock wasn’t safe due to that issue, I wouldn’t allow my son and daughter, who’s gay, leave the house.
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Yes Lubbock falls on the consertive side, we are in Texas what do you expect and yeah it’s kinda MAGA country. However regardless of what CNN tells you, we don’t hate you. I’m a Republican and like a very very VERY large majority of us, we are not racist or gay bashers. I’m not going to respond to any comments in regards to this so save your response. This post is meant to be informative only.
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Diversity: Lubbock is very diverse, with TTU and the hospitals, we have a good mix of race and what not.
In general, Lubbock is a nice city. It lacks green hills and major attractions. It’s a quiet city with a small town feel. It’s also dusty and windy that sucks. We have good fishing and food. We have decent college sports teams. The major downside to Lubbock is that it’s far from major cities with the DFW area being about 5 hours away. We are all out here by ourselves and make do with what we have.
No we do not have anymore public swimming pools, sucks for those kids but we do have private and by membership pools. We also have water sprinklers we can use in our front yard like we used to when I was a kid. We do have one water park but I haven’t been in years.
That’s about it, I could keep going on but I would just start rambling and never shut up. I hope this helps for those seeking to move here.
