Lubbock Now 218Large!

For most of my life, I have been fascinated with the Lubbock city limits signs, particularly the ever growing population numbers posted thereon. Every few years the signs are updated with a new number. I heard today that the new number will be in excess of 218,000. I can remember the many years of eagerly awaiting the day when Lubbock officially eclipsed the 200,000 milestone . . . that happened several years ago. My hometown just keeps growing and changing.

Here are a few things I like about Lubbock (in no particular order):

• (for the most part) nice, down-to-earth people
• wide streets
• a "clean" look
• all those "W" bumper stickers, even though his last election was in '04
• Lubbock Christian University
• (for the South Pains) lots of trees
• its in Texas, after all
• football is king
• most of my family is here, and many, many friends
• the Christ-centered culture
• great weather (w/ exception of occasional dust storm)
• it's not Amarillo!
• it's not anything like San Francisco
• faith, family and country still matter . . . big time!
• the drive on 19th Street between Frankford and Quaker
• you can be anywhere in the city in, at most, 15 minutes
• hard work and integrity are valued . . . and expected
• and, of course, Rosa's