“Lubbock, Hub City of the Plains (slowest moving part of the wheel)”

Lubbock has been called the “Hub City of the Plains” because the city is the economic engine of the South Plains. By at least 1996, bumper stickers declared that Lubbock was the “Hub of the Plains” because a hub is “the slowest moving part of a wheel.”
 
 
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Lubbock (IPA: /‘lʌbək/) is an American city in the state of Texas. Located in the northwestern part of the state, a region known historically as the Llano Estacado, it is the county seat of Lubbock County, and the home of Texas Tech University. According to an estimate by the U.S. Census in 2006, the city population was 212,169, making it the 90th largest city in the United States and the 12th largest in Texas. The Lubbock metropolitan area has a population of 261,411.
 
Lubbock’s nickname is the “Hub City” which derives from being the economy, education, and health care hub of a multi-county region commonly called the South Plains. The area is the largest contiguous cotton-growing region in the world and is heavily dependent on irrigation water drawn from the Ogallala Aquifer.
 
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From: Olin Murrell
Date: 1996/06/29
Subject: Re: Nietzsche & Country Music?? 
 
My best definition of “lowest common demoninator” can be found in the old joke about why they called Lubbock the Hub City of the Plains. ‘Cause, it’s the slowest moving part of the wheel! 
   
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From: “Olin Murrell”