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The weather channel also said Lubbock was the worst place to live in America because of the weather.
Why is it that we are always bad, or the worst in national polls?
Everyone whines like being boring is bad. Being boring means you're not likely to get robbed or shot. We don't have natural disasters. Terrorists don't hit here. Boring is the opposite of excitement and excitement usually means someone's getting hurt.
I'll take boring and thank you very much.
I love how this town is so boring that everyone freaks out when some guy on YouTube mentions us.
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