Moving to Lubbock!

I'm fresh out of college and just got a job with the FDIC in the Lubbock field office. I'm married but no kids and I'm hoping to get some input on good areas to live, how much I should expect to pay for rent until we can save up enough for a down payment, assuming we end up staying there. I'm open to anything you guys want to throw out. I don't yet know the exact address of the office.
Thanks in advance.

 

I cannot offer any suggestions as far as housing etc etc but welcome to Texas anyway!

tex

 

Welcome to WEST Texas! Remember what they say about that area, it's miles and miles of nothing but miles and miles. Cost of living should be pretty low though, I'd think it would be a good place to start a career.

 

Hope you like wind that comes from the gates of hell...

 

best 7.5 years of my life, I did spend alot of time in the winter skiing in ruidosa though! Do not live on any street that starts with a letter in the alphabet, and stay west of university and south of 34th and you will be fine(no ghetto or MS13 to deal with out there, just frat boys). Get ready for a cold ass winter! You better get a carport also, had a few times where there were softball size hail all over that town, tore my jeep up. Good luck

 

Extreme weather, no humidity, and great sunsets. Best part is that the mountains of New Mexico are less than 4hrs away. I still miss living in West Texas.

 

When John worked for the City, he kept an apartment there, coming home on weekends. He lived in complex nw off the loop - very convenient for working downtown, dry cleaners, WalMart, etc. I think the rent for the efficency was $450 a month. The up-scale part of town with shopping, restaurants, etc. is in the south on and off Slide Road. Lubbock is (was) dry so you had to go south of town for beer. We looked at property there (many years ago) but never bought as it was very high priced for much less (no trees and we needed acreage for horses/cows) than we have here. Even with his blinds and windows closed the sand still made it's way inside! Check out the apartment guides to see what's available. . .

http://www.lubbockapartments.com/
http://www.apartmentguide.com/apartments/Texas/Lubbock/

Good luck,
Carol

 

Everything you need to know about Lubbock weather is contained within the 90 seconds starting at thr 2:30 mark:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSPcMXWJjUg

 

Unfortunately, it's going to take you a few months to get used to eating dirt when you go outside. LOL

 

Dust storms.

Welcome to Texas!

 

Excellent sites, thanks for your help.

 

There are some nice apartments off Slide Rd south of Loop 289. Cost of living should be okay. Lubbock is dry but many of the clubs and restaurants there can still furnish beer and wine to you. You just cannot buy it alone by itself at a convenience store. South on US 87 to the strip will furnish all the beer, wine and liquor you could hope for.

I am told that the only thing between Lubbock and the North Pole in the winter is that single strand barbed wire fence north of town and it is down most of the time. Seriously, the winds coming down off the the mountains of New Mexico and coming through Guadalupe Pass can be pretty bitter in the winter. Much worse than the towns just 100 miles south from there, Big Spring, Midland and Odessa.

Lubbock is pretty laid back so you will need to look for excitement. Texas Tech is right in the middle of town and has a lot of cultural programs on tap all the time. You can always check there. Also, their sports teams are pretty good, most of the time.

Visit the Buddy Holly Museum, the Windmill Museum and the Western Cultural Center on the campus.

Welcome to West Texas. BTW, if you will wet some towels and lay them at the bottom of the windows during a dust storm it will prevent a lot of sand from entering the apartment. But, maybe you will be fortunate enough to have storm windows.

 

My wife lived in Lubbock during part of her college years.. We visit every other year for the OU-Tech game. The only bit of advice I would give you would be this-

To prepare, or acclimate yourself to the "aura" of Lubbock, follow the steps below-

1. Go outside
2. Find a cow
3. Place your head into the cow's anal orifice.
4. Savor the "aura" of Lubbock

Rinse and repeat..

 

Lubbock is now wet. This passed by election last month. Days of "The Strip" may be numbered.

Living in Lubbock is what you make of it. I miss Lubbock (went to school there for a couple years) and would move back there if the right opportunity presented itself.

 

Not a hell of a lot to do there, if'n you're a big city boy(and girl). Would be a bump in the dusty road if it weren't for Texas Tech(BIG operation there, with all they have going on).

Live entertainment tends to be Country, which is not bad if you like Country; otherwise, uh oh...

Having lived in Way-est Texass(gits ur pronunciations right, boy ), way too long, only advice I can give you is to make up your mind in 1-3 years whether you wanna hang there long term. If you don't, you'll end up there in 15 yrs, look back and wonder what the hell happened.

Lubbock is 1/2 day travel to many places(DFW, Ruidoso, etc.), but by itself, is in the middle of nowhere's-ville.

 

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Glad they can be of assistance. We still have several friends living in Lubbock and the surrounding area, and if you want further info, PM me. John lived in Lubbock for something like 6+ years and did the weekend commute home. There were some quite good restaurants in the City Hall vicinity. Look on the bright side of things, as I recall you are coming from CO (oop's sorry - UT, same/same), TX has NO STATE INCOME TAX ! ! !

Carol